The USS Maine.
It suffered from a mysterious explosion and sank.
It's generally accepted that the assasination of the Archduke Ferdinand was the event that sparked WWI.
Lusitania was not a warship, it was actually sunk by enemy action, and civilians were on board. It was also sunk after a warning had been given.
The USN permanently lost: 1. Battleships USS Arizona, USS Utah, and USS Oklahoma. 2. Aircraft Carriers USS Lexington (at Coral Sea); USS Yorktown (at Midway); USS Hornet (at Santa Cruz Islands); USS Wasp (at Guadalcanal). 3. LIGHT Aircraft Carrier USS Princeton. 4. Six CVE's, Escort Carriers aka "Jeep Carriers."
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
The mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
the sinking of the USS Maine
the sinking of the USS Maine
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.
The Cuban Independence movement, the de Lome letter and the mysterious explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
The Cuban struggle for Independence and the sinkiing of the USS Maine.
The US public support for Cuban Independence and the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine are the events that led to the Spanish-American War.
USS Manie at the Havana Harbor
The USS Maine was built in october 17, 1888 and was destroyed in 1898
The USS Maine was in the Havana Harbor and not at Guantanamo Bay.
The battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The commander of the USS Maine at the time was Charles Sigsbee. This event triggered the onset of the Spanish-American War, although it certainly wasn't the main cause of the conflict.