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Smithsonian Magazine13d
Remember The Maine
On February 15, 1898, a mysterious explosion destroyed the American battleship Maine in Havana Harbor and helped propel the United States into a war with Spain. The USS Maine was in Cuba ...
The Baltimore Sun3y
Battleship blowup still a mystery Centenary: One hundred years after it exploded in Havana harbor, the cause of the blast on the USS Maine remains in dispute.
One hundred years ago tonight, 40 minutes after the last notes of 9 o’clock taps had faded softly into the dusk of a tropical evening, the USS Maine blew up at its mooring in Havana harbor.