Captain Charles Sigsbee was commanding when she was sunk.
The Maine sunk before the Spanish-American War.
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.
The explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine started the Spanish American War.
It was before War was declared.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor became the Casus belli of the Spanish American War.
The USS Maine.
Sigsbee
Because of the sinking of the USS Maine.
The sinking of the USS Maine.
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War, lasted about 6 months, in 1898.
Remember the maine, the hell with spain!!!