The wreck of the Maine in the harbor after the February 15th explosion which killed 261 of her crew [1920X1546].

Ordered in 1885 as part of an effort to modernize the outdated U.S. Navy, USS Maine took more than nine years to complete. Nine years is a long time under any circumstances, but in an era of rapid advances in naval technology, it was an eternity. By the time she was commissioned in 1895, Maine [...]