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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 (BB-10), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state. Maine was laid down in February 1899 at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard in Philadelphia. She was launched in July 1901 and commissioned into the fleet in December 1902.
The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States.The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. [1]
Wat Tyler Cluverius Jr. (12 December 1874 – 28 October 1952) was an admiral in the United States Navy and president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.When he died, he was the last surviving officer of the sinking of USS Maine.
Jul. 11—When the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean warships and aircraft in international waters on Jan. 23, 1968, Stillwater resident Stu Russell was one of the crew members aboard. One ...
The documentary featured seven surviving Pueblo crew members, a former National Intelligence officer, other military personnel and a cast of 40 actors who reveal the story in this little-known ...
The Soviet Story: Edvīns Šnore: 2008 United Kingdom World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West: Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams: 2009 France Apocalypse: The Second World War: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle: 2009 United States The Inheritance of War: Ashley Karras: 2009 Netherlands Patton 360° Tony Long: 2009 Finland