It was there to evacuate US citizens if required.
Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee, US Navy.
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
In 1898 the U.S. battleship 'Maine' sank in the Havana harbor. It sank after an explosion caused by an underwater mine.
Mckinley.
Havana, Cuba.
The battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbour which brought the US into the Spanish American War in 1898. This isn't related to Pearl Harbour, which was attacked by the Japanese in 1941.
President McKinley.
In Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898.
The USS Maine sank before the US declared war on Spain.
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.
It means a battleship that was sunk in the harbor at Havana.
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.