I suspect that the sailors did not appreciate the difference.
Humor? aside, thanks for the history reminder.
...and the then fake news empire of William Randolph Hearst used the event to get the U.S. into the Spanish American War because it would help sell papers. War is good for business.
Nothing changes. Now the MSM, CIA, globalists want war with Russia.
This sinking also launched a three year conventional/guerilla war on Luzon in the Philippines after Dewey’s resounding victory in Manila bay. Then after that was another 10 year war in Mindanao against the Moros (modern day Abu Sayef’s ancestors) to suppress them. Lots of lives lost on both sides in wars that are rarely ever talked about.