USS MAINE
USS Maine Print
Showing the flag at Havana in 1898. The first morning.
This singularily beautiful second-class armored battleship was commissioned in 1895.
She was then signed to the North Atlantic Squadron where she maintained East Coast
operations until 1897. Having completed the appropriate training in Key West,
she joined the forces developing off the Coast of Cuba, as the
struggle between Spain and the revolutionary forces of Cuba heightened. She arrived
in Havana on January 25th of 1898. Tragically, on the evening of Febrary 15th, her entire
forward part erupted in an explosion which ultimatley killed 260 of the 350 aboard.
Although she was raised for investigation in 1910, the true cause of the explosion was never
resolved to everyone's satisfaction, and remains a mystery. In 1912 she was sunk with
honors and ceremony in the Gulf of Mexico.
Art Print size is 22" x 28"
Signed by Artist James Flood
( Personalized signing free upon request)
$60.00