LC-Lot 8936-56: USS Maine (1895-98), March 1912
![LC-Lot 8936-56: USS Maine (1895-98), March 1912. Raising Maine’s wreck in Havana Harbor, Cuba, March, 1912. Shown: Maine wreck moored outside of cofferdam, alongside USS Osceola (Fleet Tug 47). Maine exploded on February 15, 1898, and was one of the causes for the United States to enter war with Spain, Spanish-American War, April-August 1898. Transfer from the War Department, Washington. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/2). LC-Lot 8936-56: USS Maine (1895-98), March 1912. Raising Maine’s wreck in Havana Harbor, Cuba, March, 1912. Shown: Maine wreck moored outside of cofferdam, alongside USS Osceola (Fleet Tug 47). Maine exploded on February 15, 1898, and was one of the causes for the United States to enter war with Spain, Spanish-American War, April-August 1898. Transfer from the War Department, Washington. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/10/2).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-m/uss-maine-1895-1898/lc-lot-8936-56/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1674841732051.jpg)
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