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[Raising the wreck of the U.S.S. MAINE in Havana harbor] – Historic Print

[Raising the wreck of the U.S.S. MAINE in Havana harbor], 1911 June 6. — historic photograph
[Raising the wreck of the U.S.S. MAINE in Havana harbor], 1911 June 6.. Historic photograph from the Battleships collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few things in Havana harbor drew more attention than the hulk of the battleship Maine, which sank there after an explosion on February 15, 1898, killing more than 250 crewmen. The explosion helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War, and the wreck stayed in the harbor for more than a decade. This June 1911 view records the salvage effort to lift the ship, a job that required pumping out water, bracing the hull, and bringing the wreck up in stages. The photograph shows the scale of the work and the rigging of the operation.

Created / published1911 June 6.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsNo. 261. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ships--USS MAINE; Ship salvage.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158743

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