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'USS Maine', 1911. The USS 'Maine', a pre-dreadnought battleship, exploded and sank in Havana harbour, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, with the loss of 274 of her crew. The ship had been deployed to Cuba to protect American interests during a popular uprising against Spanish colonial rule on the island. Popular opinion in the United States was outraged by the sinking, which was blamed on a Spanish mine. A cofferdam was built around the wreck and water was pumped out, exposing the wreck by late 1911 to allow a second court of inquiry to inspect the damage and ascertain a cause for the sinking.The intact portion of the hull of the Maine was eventually refloated and ceremoniously scuttled at sea on 16 March 1912.
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AR9430253
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
6492px × 4056px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1910s
20th century
B&W
B/W
Battleship
Black & White
Black and white
City
Cityscape
Ciudad de la Habana
cofferdam
concept
CRUISER
cuba
Dam
DAMAGE
DAMAGED
Exterior
HAVANA
havana harbour
HULL
LOCATION
Monochrome
OUTSIDE
Photograph
Postcard
Print Collector29
RAISING
SALVAGE
Sepia
Ship
SHIPS
TGN
The Print Collector
transport
TRANSPORTATION
USS Maine
Warship
water transport
WRECK
wreckage