United States and Spain were not very good in 1898.On February 15,a battleship called the USS Maine blew up and sank in the harbor at Havana,Cuba.More than 260Americans were killed.Many Americans thought that Spanish saboteurs (破坏者) had set an underwater mine that caused the explosion...
On the fateful evening of February 15, 1898, the USS Maine sank in Havana Harbor following an explosion. While there were conflicting beliefs at the time on the cause of the explosion, America declared war with Spain on April 25th. Just as "Remember the Alamo" became the rallying cry to ...
United States and Spain were not very good in 1898.On February 15,a battleship called the USS Maine blew up and sank in the harbor at Havana,Cuba.More than 260Americans were killed.Many Americans thought that Spanish saboteurs (破坏者) had set an underwater mine that caused the explosion...
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and tested by a Navy man named Charles "Swede" Momsen who was Captain of USS South Dakota from December 1944 to August 1945. He discovered through meticulous testing that the powder explosion which is noted above was actually caused by static electricity generated by the gun powder's metal con...
I was stationed on board during turret explosion. Richard Pilkerton Hails from: Hollywood, MD Division: M Rate/Rank: E-6 / MM 1 Date of Birth: 10/18/1963 Years in Service: 8 Great Lakes A and C school, UDT Seal training, , served onboard USS Frank Cable , Nuclear power School,-PR...