Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . Blowing Up of The Maine in Havana Harbor. 337 THE EXPLOSION OF THE MAINE. February 15, HE U. S. S. Maine, Captain Charles commanding, entered the port ofHavana, Island of Cuba, on the morningof January 25, 1898, and was assigned ananchorage by the harbor authorities. The occasion for the presence of anAmerican ship in those waters was thedesire on the part of the United States toimpress upon the Spanish Government her f
Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . Blowing Up of The Maine in Havana Harbor. 337 THE EXPLOSION OF THE MAINE. February 15, HE U. S. S. Maine, Captain Charles commanding, entered the port ofHavana, Island of Cuba, on the morningof January 25, 1898, and was assigned ananchorage by the harbor authorities. The occasion for the presence of anAmerican ship in those waters was thedesire on the part of the United States toimpress upon the Spanish Government her friendly atti-tude towards Spain. The usual visits of ceremonybetween the officers of the visiting ship and the Spanishofificials followed. At on Tuesday evening, February 15th, an explo-sion occurred in the forward part of the Maine, so terrificin its character that it was heard for miles. Subsequently,Captain Sigsbee, in writing of the explosion, said: I findit impossible to describe the sound or shock, but theimpression remains of something awe-inspiring, terrifying—of noise, rending, vibrating, all-pervading. Thereis nothing in the former experience of anyone aboard tomeasure the explosion by. The whole city was shaken by the force of
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