171: Reform and Revitalization: The Rise of the Modern Navy, Part II

The second and final episode of this arc take the story of the
new steel navy to the beginning of the Spanish-American War. From
the mid-1880s to the 1890s, the necessary infrastructure was put
in place to expand the capabilities of the ships joining the
fleet. Moreover, there was a shift in ideas on how to use the
navy. Rather than focus on coastal defense and commerce raiding,
thanks to the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan, there was an
interest in building larger ships that could wrestle the command
of the seas from regional adversaries. Rather than concentrate on
cruisers, there was growing interest in building what today we
would know as battleships. This will be the final episode of this
season before we move forward into thinking about the
Spanish-American War.


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