Due to Crane's new reputation as a war writer as well as his curiosity about his accuracy in depicting psychological states of combat he undertook a new career: war correspondent. In 1897 Crane set sail for Cuba to report on the insurrection there. However after the ship on which he was traveling the SS Commodore sank Crane spent more than a day adrift with three other men. His account of the ordeal resulted in one of the world's great short stories "The Open Boat."