BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - On Feb. 15, 1898, U.S. Navy battleship USS Maine exploded in Cuba’s Havana Harbor. The ship’s sinking resulted in over 250 fatalities and, as some speculate, was the catalyst in ...

In 1862, during America’s Civil War, the U.S. Congress and Department of the Navy began naming combat ships after the nation’s states. The USS Maine is named after America’s 23rd state. The over 324 ...

Thousands of Montana soldiers fought in the Philippine-American War, something most people in the state know nothing about. On Feb. 15, 1898, the American battleship USS Maine exploded in Cuba’s ...

Souvenir bell from the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York, in 1901 purportedly made of brass taken from the USS Maine. The explosion of the Maine in Havana Harbor in Feb. 1898 was a ...