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USS Maine

Giving the men who died aboard America’s first battleship a decent funeral took 14 years, three-quarters of a million dollars, and some hair-raising engineering. But, in the end, they did it right.

On the evening of February 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine rode peacefully at her mooring in Havana Harbor.

"The current was too strong, the demagogues too numerous, the fall elections too near"

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