While journalists of the time attributed the blast to a Spanish mine, many modern historians believe this ship's demise was accidental.
Its captain was Charles Sigsbee and on February 15, 1898, his evening routine was interrupted by an explosion. While journalists of the time attributed the blast to a Spanish mine, many modern historians believe this ship's demise was accidental. For ten points, a rallying cry of the Spanish American War was to remember what destroyed ship?
Its captain was Charles Sigsbee and on February 15, 1898, his evening routine was interrupted by an explosion.
USS {Maine}