Editing USS Newark (C-1) (section)

===Spanish–American War, 1898===
[[File:NewYorkTribune-May29-1898.jpg|thumb|right|Marines manning the secondary battery, circa 1898.]]
Following extensive overhaul, ''Newark'' recommissioned on 23 May 1898, shortly after the declaration of [[Spanish–American War|war on Spain]], she sailed on 13 June for [[Key West]] and then Cuba, joining the [[blockade]] on 30 June.  Cruising in Cuban waters throughout the summer, the warship bombarded the port of [[Manzanillo, Cuba|Manzanillo]] on 12 August and on the following day accepted its surrender.  After the [[battle of Santiago de Cuba]], she participated in the final destruction of [[Pascual Cervera y Topete|Admiral Cervera]]'s fleet through bombardment of the burned hulks.  ''Newark'' returned to New York on 26 November 1898.<ref name=DANFS />