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USS Maine Is To Blame For The Blame
It was a cold foggy night when the explosion struck the USS Maine at 9:40pm on February 15, 1898. Men were playing cards while also cleaning up and getting ready for bed, missing their wives and children when suddenly it sounded like buildings were crashing, men were yelling at the top of their lungs for help, an explosion was happening. Due to the explosion we now know an estimated amount of deaths, there were 250 casualties along with 14 others that had been injured and that eventually were killed too. The ship approximately weighed over 6,000 tons and roughy costed more than $2 mill, the USS Maine ship had exploded by an unknown source. United States of America placed the blame on Spain for the purpose that this mystery had still been unsolved,
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