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Here we see the armoured cruiser USS Maine (ACR-1) passing Morro Castle at the entrance to Havana Harbour on 25 January 1898. On 15 February the Maine was destroyed by an accidental explosion, but the Spanish were blamed by parts of the US press, and the disaster played a part in the outbreak of the Spanish-American war.
Passing Morro Castle as she entered Havana harbor, Cuba, on 25 January 1898. She was destroyed by explosion there some three weeks later, on 15 February