Some think that Spain was responsible for the explosion that killed most of the crew. But others say it may have been the Cuban rebels. The reasoning, that the Cubans sank the USS Maine knowing Spain would be blamed for it. Either way, there has never been any proof of those theories and an actual cause has not been determined.
The explosion is that in 1917, in Helifax.
The explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine started the Spanish American War.
Washington city is the city that did harbor the mysterious explosion that destroyed the America's battlership maine.
The city of Washington is the city that did harbor a mysterious explosion that destroyed the America's battlership maine.
No, he survived the explosion. He died in 1923.
It suffered from a mysterious explosion and sank.
The USS Maine was in the Havana Harbor and not at Guantanamo Bay.
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
The Cuban Independence movement, the de Lome letter and the mysterious explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
No war. Spain and the US were officially at peace when the Maine exploded, although war had been brewing for some time. The explosion of the Maine was the event which sparked the Spanish-American War.
Havana Harbor, Cuba.
He was a witness.