The battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The commander of the USS Maine at the time was Charles Sigsbee. This event triggered the onset of the Spanish-American War, although it certainly wasn't the main cause of the conflict.
Captain Charles D. Sigsbee
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
Captain Charles Sigsbee was commanding when she was sunk.
USS Manie at the Havana Harbor
The USS Maine was built in october 17, 1888 and was destroyed in 1898
The USS Maine was in the Havana Harbor and not at Guantanamo Bay.
The USS Maine.
The quest for Cuban Independence and the sinking of the USS Maine.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
No, the USS Maine was sunk in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in the Caribbean.
the events before and after were tense and after the explosion of the USS Maine was explosive and sop that caused the USS to go to war against Spain.
They are all buried together and are watched over by a ships mast and an anchor from the USS Maine.
Because of the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.