USS Maine

Examples of USS Maine in the following topics:

• The Spanish-American War

  • After the mysterious sinking of the American USS Maine in Havana harbor, political pressures from the Democratic Party forced Republican President William McKinley's administration into a war he had wished to avoid.
  • Although the main issue of the war was Cuban independence, the ten-week long battle took place in both the Caribbean and the Pacific.

• The Cuban War of Independence

  • During the administration of William McKinley, the USS Maine was sent to Havana on a "courtesy visit", designed to remind the Spanish of American concern over the rough-handling of the insurrection.
  • The Maine was probably destroyed by an accidental internal explosion, but most Americans believed the Spanish were responsible.

• War, Empire, and an Emerging American World Power

  • On February 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor.

• The United States and the World

  • In 1898, the American battleship USS Maine was destroyed by an explosion in the Cuban Harbor of Havana.

• Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

  • Fidel Castro blamed the United States and compared the incident to the 1898 sinking of the USS Maine (ACR-16), which had precipitated the Spanish–American War, though admitting he could provide no evidence for his accusation. 

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • However the day before the proposal was delivered (November 27 in Japan), on November 26 in Japan, the main Japanese attack fleet left port for Pearl Harbor.
  • Navy battleship USS California (BB-44) slowly sinking alongside Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), as a result of bomb and torpedo damage, December 7, 1941.
  • The destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) is burning in the floating dry dock YFD-2 in the left distance.
  • The battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) is beached in the left-center distance.

• Pearl Harbor

  • All but the USS Arizona (BB-39) were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war.
  • From December 1937, events such as the Japanese attack on USS Panay, the Allison incident, and the Nanking Massacre swung public opinion in the West sharply against Japan.
  • Third, to deliver a blow to America's ability to mobilize its forces in the Pacific, battleships were chosen as the main targets, since they were the prestige ships of any navy at the time.
  • The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on USS West Virginia.
  • Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over USS Neosho and one over the Naval Yard.

• Complete Submersion

  • Submarine submersion: Submarines submerge and surface by filling their main ballast tanks with water or air, respectively.
  • Consider the USS Macon, a helium-filled airship (shown in ).

• The Allied Push

  • They fought through several lines until reaching the main German defensive line in mid-November.
  • On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered, with the surrender documents finally signed aboard the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, ending the war.
  • Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri, 2 September 1945.
  • Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), September 2, 1945.

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

  • Within a day of the suppression of the rebellion, the local militia and three companies of artillery were joined by detachments of men from the USS Natchez and USS Warren, which were anchored in Norfolk, and militias from counties in Virginia and North Carolina surrounding Southampton.