USS Maine (1889)

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USS Maine was a United States Navy warship. She exploded and sank in Havana Harbor in 1898, which was the reason the United States got involved in the Spanish-American War. USS Maine was commissioned as ACR-1 (Armored Cruiser #1). She is sometimes called a second-class battleship. Her sister ship was the USS Texas.

USS Maine (1889) Media

• Riachuelo 1885.jpg

  The Brazilian battleship Riachuelo, which prompted the building of Maine

• USS Maine second class battleship BB-1 or original designation Armored Cruiser ACR-1 in Havana harbor, shortly before explosion.

• Outboard Profile and Deck Plan for the USS Maine - NARA - 6039420 (cropped, grayscale, contrast stretched).jpg

  Profile and deck plan of Maine, showing its echeloned turret placement

• USS Wisconsin (BB-9) engines cropped.JPG

  Vertical triple expansion engine of Wisconsin, similar in general layout to that of Maine

• Battleship Maine litho.png

  Battleship Maine by Frederick Nelson Atwood with the fore 10-inch turret visible

• Six-inch gun on Newark. USS Maine mounted six of these.

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  Maine in drydock at the New York Navy Yard while fitting out

• USS Maine entering Havana harbor HD-SN-99-01929.JPEG

  Maine entering Havana Harbor on 25 January 1898, three weeks before her destruction. On the right is the Morro Castle fortress.