HABANA. Recuerdo del Maine. Souvenir of “Maine”, 1898
Entry/Object ID
PC00335
Description
The sunken USS Maine in Havana Harbora, Admiral H yman Rickover from research in 1960 at Bureau of Ships determined that the Maine was destroyed by an internal coal dust explosion common to that type of ship constructionand not by a Spanish Mine.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Color
Subject Person or Organization
USS Maine (1890)
Collection
Postcard Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Source, Unknown
Studio
Unknown Organization
Date made
1901 - 1921
Place
Unknown
Unknown
Notes
Date: postmarked May 18, 1914,Santago de Cuba
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Search Terms
Postcard, XIV-- Wrecks, collisions, & disasters, V-B- Ports and harbors other than San Diego
