During the Spanish–American War, he commanded the gunboat  in the blockade of Cuban ports; and, in 1905, he returned to the Caribbean to command  and to act as Senior Officer, Naval Forces in Santo Domingo.
During the Spanish-American War, he served as the commander of a gunboat that enforced the blockade of Cuban ports. He later returned to the Caribbean in 1905 to take command and serve as the senior officer for naval forces in Santo Domingo.