Nobody for sure knows who or why the USS Maine exploded.
Witness reports say that she blew up out of no where. The U.S & Cuba blamed Spain as the responsible one for destroying the battleship.Possible reasons for the explosion a the sinking of the USS Maine is a mechanical error or a fire in one of the coal bunkers. There was an error in the engine room the set of an explosion on the ship which led to a chain reaction and it continued until the front of the ship was dismantled.
It was probably an accident caused by a fire in the coal bunker that ignited a powder magazine.
The USS Maine was built at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York.
The cause of the explosion remains a mystery.
The explosion on the USS Maine was caused by an external, underwater mine.
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the spanish american war
It was the USS Maine, a battleship that was anchored in Havana Harbor when it unexpectedly blew up. The cause of the explosion is still not certain, but it was a catastrophe. The unexplained explosion was used as a catalyst to precipitate the US and Spain into a war.It
Scholars believe it was a ships boiler that exploded.
In 1898 the U.S. battleship 'Maine' sank in the Havana harbor. It sank after an explosion caused by an underwater mine.
The Cuban Independence movement, the de Lome letter and the mysterious explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
The Spanish American War.
the events before and after were tense and after the explosion of the USS Maine was explosive and sop that caused the USS to go to war against Spain.
It was the USS Maine, a battleship that was anchored in Havana Harbor when it unexpectedly blew up. The cause of the explosion is still not certain, but it was a catastrophe. The unexplained explosion was used as a catalyst to precipitate the US and Spain into a war.It
What caused the USS Maine explosion.
The explosion is that in 1917, in Helifax.
The USS Maine was in the Havana Harbor and not at Guantanamo Bay.
Scholars believe it was a ships boiler that exploded.
It suffered from a mysterious explosion and sank.
Havana Harbor
Havana Harbor, Cuba.
In 1898 the U.S. battleship 'Maine' sank in the Havana harbor. It sank after an explosion caused by an underwater mine.
The Cuban Independence movement, the de Lome letter and the mysterious explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
The USS Maine.