In Havana Harbor.
In Havana Harbor.
Scholars believe it was a ships boiler that exploded.
The USS Maine was a battleship that was sent to Havana Cuba in 1898 to protect the interests of the USA during the Cuban revolt. The battleship exploded and sank on February 15, 1898.
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.
No one was reponsible for the uss main explosion. United states says it was spain but I think it was really an issue witht he ship and it misht have exploded by itself.
The U.S.S. Maine was the US ship that had exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. It had mysteriously exploded the following month after it had entered the harbor.
No war. Spain and the US were officially at peace when the Maine exploded, although war had been brewing for some time. The explosion of the Maine was the event which sparked the Spanish-American War.
USS Maine
Havana Harbor. It was raised and re-sunk again in deeper water in 1911.
The USS Maine exploded while William McKinley was president.
Spain.
The USS Maine was built in october 17, 1888 and was destroyed in 1898