"Texas" had also already earned laurels during the taking of the Spaniards' "Guantanamo", and would gain more in its engagement with after the battle, and this may have increased its perceived importance. There is no doubt that Schley's turn gave the Spanish ships added time to get out of the mouth of Santiago harbor, but the American fleet, including Schley's "Brooklyn", which had completed its turn and was still ahead of "Oregon", closed and at only about engaged "Vizcaya" in a running fight. It was fortunate for Schley that "Vizcaya", ordinarily a fast ship, was very slow due to having an extremely fouled hull and could not match the speed of "Cristóbal Colón", which was now clear of the fight. Had the hull of "Vizcaya" been clean, Schley would have found himself chasing two ships and not fighting one. "Infanta Maria Teresa" was now on fire and was so damaged that it had to turn north and beach itself. The battle between "Brooklyn" and "Vizcaya" was ferocious for a time as the ships steamed west, but the quality weaponry of "Brooklyn" overwhelmed it, not to mention "Oregon", which was astern and firing. "Vizcaya", terribly damaged after a torpedo exploded internally and on fire, was forced to also beach itself. By this time "Almirante Oquendo" and the Spanish destroyers had also been overwhelmed by American fire. Now Schley steamed after "Cristóbal Colón" with "Oregon" trailing and "Texas" following further behind, while "Iowa" and "Indiana" and auxiliary vessels saw to the aftermath of the rest of the disabled Spanish fleet. The race with "Cristóbal Colón" was dramatic, but "Cristóbal Colón" eventually slowed as its small supply of English coal ran out and it had to rely on lower-quality fuel; eventually it was forced to try to turn south and make a break. However, the long-range guns of "Oregon" dissuaded it and, with "Brooklyn" immediately behind the captain of "Cristóbal Colón", decided to beach and scuttle his ship. The capture of "Cristóbal Colón" was an exciting end to the battle. Captain Philip of "Texas", who expressed no present or later ill will at the temporary discomfiture of "Texas" during the battle due to "Brooklyn"s turn, stated that when he was going to "Brooklyn" in a small boat to report to Schley, the commodore happily shouted down to him from the bridge, "Some fight, eh, Jack?"