Explosion of the USS Maine by Mallory Margut https://padlet.com/123932/yw0hw2if60x9 Mallory Margut en-us 2018-03-13 17:23:58 UTC 2026-01-29 09:01:23 UTC hello@padlet.com U.S.S. Maine 123932 https://padlet.com/123932/yw0hw2if60x9/wish/242020744
  • 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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  • 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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    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.
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    “U.S.S. Maine Was Sunk.” America’s Story from America’s Library, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_maine_3.html.
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