Wreck of the Main [sic], Havana, Cuba.

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

PC00291: Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi
PC00291

Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi

Name/Title

Wreck of the Main [sic], Havana, Cuba.

Entry/Object ID

PC00291

Description

Wreck of the USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor prior to Spanish-American War. Admiral Rickovers research in 1959 provided proof the ship was sunk due to a coal dust explosion not a Spanish mine, launched 18 November 1889, sunk 15 February 1898.

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

1889 - 1898

Place

Unknown

Unknown

Notes

Date: 1800

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