Researchers Find USS Maine, Photograph Hulk off Havana Explosion in 1898 Remains a MysteryST. PETERSBURG -- Remember the USS Maine? In 1898, as the formidable American warship rested at anchor in Havana Harbor, it blew up and sank, claiming the lives of 266 U.S. Navy sailors.U.S. ...
The U.S.S. Maine was significant because of an explosion that caused it to sink in Havana Harbor on February 15th, 1898. The United States blamed Spain for this explosion, and it was a main cause of the Spanish-American War.What was the U.S.S. Maine? What was the U.S.S. Maine...
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...
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...
USS Maine as it appeared prior to the explosion that sank the battleship on February 15, 1898, in Havana Harbor, Cuba (photo by the Providence Albertype Company, Providence, Rhode Island) About one-third of the 300 men on board the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor on Tuesday...
John "Jack" Blandin of the Battleship MAINE the day following the sinking of the MAINE. Blandin was officer of the deck when the explosion occurred. Though he survived the initial blast, Blandin died approximately five months later, never having recovered from the shock and horror of his ...
Havana Restores Monument to Victims of USS MaineHAVANA - It was a little before 10 p.m. that February night in1898 when a fiery explosion roiled...Orsi, Peter