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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.
How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed is the name of a 1976 monograph written by Hyman G. Rickover, an admiral in the United States Navy.In the work, Rickover discusses the 1898 destruction of the USS Maine—a calamitous event which precipitated the United States' involvement in the Spanish–American War (1898).
USS Maine Pictures from the Library of Congress American Memory website; Photo gallery of Maine at NavSource Naval History – Construction – Active Service; USS Maine from NARA; Google Books: Black, William F. "The Story of the Maine" in Proceedings of the Municipal Engineers of the City of New York; to the Victims of the USS Maine (Havana)
In the days following the sinking of USS Maine, Hearst ran a story with the heading "The War Ship Maine was Split in Two by an Enemy's Secret Infernal Machine". The story told how the Spanish had planted a torpedo beneath USS Maine and detonated it from shore. Hearst soon followed this article with one containing diagrams and blueprints of the ...
Adolph Marix (April 24, 1848 – June 11, 1919), was a German-born American officer in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War.The former executive officer of the battleship USS Maine, he served as recorder on the 1898 court of inquiry which investigated the ship's explosion.
The submarine USS Virginia, seen here in Maine, got tangled up in Norwegian fishing nets. US Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers A Norwegian fisherman caught a US submarine in his nets ...
The USS Maine Mast Memorial is a memorial honoring those who died aboard the USS Maine (ACR-1) on February 15, 1898, after a mysterious explosion destroyed the ship while at anchor in Havana Harbor. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States.
The destroyer USS John S. McCain was recently involved in a near-miss in the Middle East during a refueling. ... Ten days after the July 20 near-miss incident, the McCain entered port in the ...