Name/Title
Battleship U.S.S. MAINEEntry/Object ID
0000.00.0286Description
Starboard side view of the Battleship U.S.S. MAINE. Caption under image reads, 'The Maine was a battleship of 6,682 tons, 318 feet long by 57 feet beam, armed with four 10-inch, six 6-inch, and fifteen smaller guns. She arrived in Havana on January 25, 1898. In the evening of February 15, 1898, she was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, and 266 of the 353 men in the ship's company were lost. The destruction of the Maine aroused public indignation in the United States, which culminated in war.'Collection
Photograph CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1898Notes
Medium: B&WLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
