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Who was commander of the USS Maine?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

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.

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