Further, the USS Maine was a large ship whose size was approximately over 300 feet long, and it was one of the most advanced ships in the U.S. Navy at the time. Before exploding, the USS Maine was armed with two large guns and had a crew of over 350 men....
The Boston Port Act was the British Crown's attempt to reclaim control over restless Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. It closed off Boston from trade until the city decided to refund the East India Company for the cost of the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party....
Prior to that, though, I had flown from Cuba to Panama City, and there took a boat ride through the Panama Canal, which was mildly interesting. The “Canal Zone” started in 1850s with a train from the Caribbean Coast on the north to the Pacific coast on the south. The Canal is loc...
Used as a party boat outfitted with casinos, dance halls, and more until the company went under during the Great Depression, the ship was left to rust at the end of a pier, where it now remains for birds to occupy and onlookers to photograph. Baron Gautsch, Mediterranean Sea aquapix /...