Those bodies were eventually reburied next to a mast from this ship in Arlington National (*) Cemetery.
Many of its officers and Captain Sigsbee survived due to their quarters being located aft, while those killed were initially buried in Colon Cemetery. Those bodies were eventually reburied next to a mast from this ship in Arlington National (*) Cemetery. It was raised in 1910 and towed out to sea so that it would not be a hazard to harbor of Havana. Probably sunk due to spontaneous coal combustion and not a naval mine, FTP, remember this ship, whose 1898 sinking precipitated the Spanish-American War.
Many of its officers and Captain Sigsbee survived due to their quarters being located aft, while those killed were initially buried in Colon Cemetery.
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