8:30
It was all the incentive we needed , and the coal came aboard in a steady stream . A little after seven the required amount was in the bunkers , and by eight o'clock the stages and other coaling paraphernalia were stowed away and the `` Yankee '' had cast loose and was anchored by herself . The following morning dawned bright and clear . Admiral Sampson came aboard at 8:30 . We manned the `` cat falls '' and got under way at once . On the way down to the wrecks , the ship was cleaned , so by the time we reached the ruins of the Spanish vessels , the `` Yankee '' was spick and span . We passed the wrecks of the two torpedo boats , passed the mouth of Santiago harbor , till finally we came to the `` Almirante Oquendo '' and the `` Maria Teresa , '' fifteen miles west of old Morro .