During the battle at Santiago during the Spanish-American war, a shell hit the torpedo room of the Spanish cruiser Viscaya,  which set off  a tremendous explosion that tore off her bow.

As the USS Texas continued to pound the battered enemy ship, cheers erupted across the decks as the Americans watched the Viscaya turn towards the shoreline in its death throes.

Above the din Captain John Phillip ordered, "Don't cheer boys!  Those poor devils are dying."