Navy Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee (January 16, 1845 - July 13, 1923), was the Commanding Officer of the USS Maine (ACR-1), when it exploded an sank in Havana Harbor. Sigsbee survived the sinking and went on to retire as a Rear Admiral. The Destroyer USS Sigsbee (DD-502) was named in his honor.
It was in Havana Harbor.
After the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, the battle cry through the ensuing Spanish American War was, "Remember the Maine!"
The sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
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 sinking of the Maine was the cause and the US thought that Spain had used a mine to explode under the Maine.
It was in Havana Harbor.
The USS Maine.
It means a battleship that was sunk in the harbor at Havana.
No, the USS Maine was sunk in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in the Caribbean.
It was the USS Maine, and it was probably not a mine.
"Remember the Maine," referring to the battleship USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor and blamed on the Spanish.
After the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, the battle cry through the ensuing Spanish American War was, "Remember the Maine!"
The sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
Mckinley.
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.
President McKinley.
The sinking of the Maine was the cause and the US thought that Spain had used a mine to explode under the Maine.