On February 15, 1898, a mysterious explosion destroyed the American battleship Maine in Havana Harbor and helped propel the United States into a war with Spain. The USS Maine was in Cuba ...

At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace. Of the two-thirds of the crew who perished, only 200 ...

In common with many another nautical man, I have heretofore been very skeptical as to "any outside agency in the explosion of the Maine"; the ... up" of the modern battleship; it appearing to ...

In 1898, during the Cuban revolt ... As a reminder of the ship's tragic sinking, the incendiary cry "Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain" was born. Flash forward to 1933, during the Cuban ...