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Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.
Newspaper headline and image (The Evening Times, Washington, D.C., U.S., February 16, 1898) reporting sinking of the U.S.S. Maine, leading to the Spanish-American War. Items portrayed in this file depicts
USS Maine (BB-10), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state. Maine was laid down in February 1899 at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard in Philadelphia. She was launched in July 1901 and commissioned into the fleet in December 1902.
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The USS Maine sank at 5:30 p.m. as a bugler aboard the North Carolina sounded taps. The guns of the North Carolina and the Birmingham fired once, and the ceremony ended [198] [199] The battleship USS North Carolina (center) and the cruiser USS Birmingham (far right) escort the wreck of the Maine (far left, in distance) to its final resting place
The wreck was examined by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and labeled as archeological site ME 497-004. Intense nor'easter uncovered Revolutionary War ship on beach in Maine Skip to ...
USS Maine (ACR-1), was a battleship whose 1898 sinking precipitated the Spanish–American War. USS Maine (BB-10) , launched in 1901, was the lead ship of her class of battleships . She participated in the voyage of the Great White Fleet , and was decommissioned in 1920 to be sold for scrap in 1923.
The Battleship Maine Monument is a memorial marker in Davenport Park, Bangor, Maine. It commemorates veterans of the Spanish–American War , and the loss of the USS Maine due to an explosion of unknown cause, which sparked the start of the war.