Below is a view of a Spanish American War-era U.S. Navy ensign's dress coat. The uniform is a dark blue wool, double-breasted coat, with two rows of nine buttons. At the collar is a foul anchor, signifying the rank of ensign. On the cuff is a single line of gold bullion, also signifying the rank of ensign.
Below is an image of Ensign Worth Bagley, the only U.S. naval
officer killed in the Spanish American War, wearing a similar uniform.
Bagley was serving aboard the WINSLOW.
1897 Navy Clothing Regulations.
Cohen, Stan, Images of the Spanish American War, April - August,
1898 (Missoula: Pictorial Histoires Publiching Co., Inc., 1997) 90.
