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The ship cost $2 million to build

One of the first American battleships (“U.S.S Maine”)

Weighed more than 6,000 tons (“The Maine”)

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It was sent to Cuba by the cause of Havana riots

The Maine was supposed to protect American interests in Cuba (“U.S.S Maine”)

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At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898

The ship exploded and killed 266 out of 354 crew members (“U.S.S Maine”)

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Americans blamed Spain because they controlled Cuba at the time

This led to the Spanish-American War (“U.S.S Maine”)

There was a $50,000 reward for someone who found whoever did it (“February 16 1898”)

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(Hickman)

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(Journal)

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Spain did it

Destroyed by a submerged mine

Burning fire in the coal bunker

William Randolph Hearst caused it to start a war (“February 16 1898”)

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Born in 1860 in Norfolk Virgina

He joined the United States Naval Academy at 15

He graduated in 1881 and joined USS Pinta

He then served on the USS Pensacola

In 1893, he married Adele Matthiessen in LaSalle, Illinois

He then was assigned to USS Texas and USS Maine in 1895

He luckily survived the explosion

He then went on to surve many other US duties

He died in 1922 in Washington DC (“Lt. George”)

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(Lt. George)

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(“The Story” [3:56])

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Works Cited

“February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes.” PBS.org, Great Projects Film Company Inc., 1999, www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html?scrlybrkr=53e0a75e.

Hickman, Kennedy. The Spanish-American War: The USS Maine Explosion. ThoughtCo., www.thoughtco.com/spanish-american-war-uss-maine-explodes-2361193. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.

Journal. Wikimedia Commons, commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Journal98.gif.

Lt. George Blow. Spanamwar.com, www.spanamwar.com/LtGPBlow.jpeg.

“Lt. George Blow, USS Maine.” Spanamwar.com, www.spanamwar.com/blow.htm.

“The Maine Explodes.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2018, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes.

“The Story of the USS Maine.” Youtube, uploaded by MrRohanGW, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYFJU3ZJLM.

“U.S.S. Maine Was Sunk.” America’s Story from America’s Library, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_3.html.