The USS Nashville and the steamer Buena Ventura.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / April 22, 1898

The Navy was ordered to blockade the coast of Cuba. The USS Nashville about 12 miles south of Sand Key took the Spanish steamer Buena Ventura as the first prize in the war with Spain.

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