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Before American troops could land at Guantanamo Bay during the Spanish-American War, the waters of the harbor had to be cleared of numerous and clearly dangerous mines. Two small boats were dispatched from the USS Marblehead to accomplish this mission, directly under the guns of the Spanish soldiers on the shore. The dangerous task involved the two small boats, which were connected by ropes about 50 yards apart, dragging a chain to find the mines. When a mine was found, the sailors had to approach the explosive device that contained 45 kilograms of gun-cotton and was built to explode on contact from a 45-pound force, with great care and disarm it. Samuel Triplett was one of these courageous sailors who, in a two-day mission during part of which they had to accomplish these tasks under enemy fire from the shore, found and removed 27 of these mines, thus enabling the American transports to enter safely to unload the American soldiers.
(Others Involved in this action: William Morin, William Spicer, Axel Sundquist)
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