Iowa blockaded her sector through the end of the month (22 April–1 May), and then returned to Key West (2–3 May). The following day, his warships began blockading Cárdenas, Cienfuegos, Havana, Mariel, and Mátanzas. Sampson concentrated his ships at Key West, and upon receipt of the news of the blockade, headed for Cuban waters. Schley, to defend the East Coast from a Spanish attack. Amidst preparations for war, the Navy formed a Flying Squadron, under the command of Acting Commodore Winfield S. The President proclaimed a blockade of the Cuban coast from Havana to Cienfuegos on 22 April. President William McKinley, Jr., asked Congress for the authority to intervene in Cuba, on 11 April 1898, and eight days later, Congress authorized him to use force to expel the Spanish from the island. Iowa visited the Dry Tortugas (27–29 March) and Key West (29 March–22 April) while she made ready to fight the Spanish. Sicard in command of the North Atlantic Squadron - as acting rear admiral. Two days later, Sampson relieved Rear Adm. Evans relieved Sampson as Iowa’s commanding officer on 24 March, while the ship lay at Key West (13–27 March). Sampson received an appointment to serve as President of the Board of Inquiry to investigate the loss of Maine, on 17 February 1898, and then to command the North Atlantic Squadron. The incident outraged Americans, who used the slogan “Remember the Maine!” to press for war against Spain, who many Americans suspected of planting a mine.Ĭapt. At 2140 on 15 February 1898, an explosion in the forward third of battleship Maine, anchored in Havana harbor, destroyed the ship, killing 266 men. While Iowa had been in the process of joining the fleet, tensions elsewhere - an insurrection had broken out in Cuba against the Spanish in 1895 – would have an impact upon her opertations. (24 January–19 February and 10–12 March). (23–24 January and 19 February–10 March), and the Dry Tortugas, Fla. She then made for warmer waters and visited Key West, Fla. Iowa returned to Hampton Roads (5–12 and 14–16 January 1898) and Newport News (12–14 January). (24–29 October), and rounded out the year by completing repairs at the New York Navy Yard (29 October 1897–5 January 1898).
The battleship returned to New England waters and visited Provincetown (12–14 October) and Boston, Mass. She then came about and put into three Virginia ports: Hampton Roads (12–16 and 19–27 September) Newport News (16–19 September) and Yorktown (27 September–4 October).
(12–14 August) Portland, Maine (16–23 August) and Bar Harbor, Maine (24–31 August). Iowa sailed from League Island, Pa., for her shakedown off the Atlantic Coast on 13 July 1897.
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