The Maine
the explosion and sinking of the battleship Maine.
spanish american war
No, defective ammunation.
On 15 February 1898.
Spain, when the US battleship Maine sank in Havana harbor. It was believed that the Spanish had sunk the American battleship with a command-detonated mine, but after the war it was discovered that the Maine was sunk by an internal explosion.
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
Spanish attack on the American Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
how did the explosion of the battleship maine contribute to the beginning of the spanish-american war
Havanna Harbor
With the blowing up of the USS Maine battleship in Havana harbor.
Havana Harbor.