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 ...

At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor ... Recent research suggests that the explosion may have been an accident, involving a spontaneous combustion ...

In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain. In 1933, U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt narrowly ...