Photograph of the wreckage of the USS MAINE, 1898

From the Series: Court of Inquiry into the Sinking of the USS Maine, 02/1898 - 03/1898

This telegram from the Key West Naval Station forwards word from Charles S. Sigsbee, Captain of the Maine about the destruction of his ship in Havana harbor on the evening of February 15, 1898, a pivotal event leading up to the Spanish-American War.  Read More about the legacy of the USS Maine at Prologue…

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    Photograph of the wreckage of the USS MAINE, 1898. From the Series: Court of Inquiry into the Sinking of the USS Maine,...
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    sunken ship, or Sigsbee, Forsythe and Fern.
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