In 1898, the USS Maine was stinking in the Havana Harbor. It was in the Havana Harbor protecting the US citizens who was in Havana helping the Cuban rebels . Who has done the sunken of the ship. 3 possible groups where the Spain, Cuba or it was an attacking. I personally believe it was an was a mine planted by Spain.
The ship explosion was caused by some magazines on the ship. There was a bomb that was planted by the Spain.Why would it be Spain you may ask. Well Spain thought it could scare off the US so we wouldn 't take Cuba. Many witnesses said they could hear two distinct explosions few second apart. If it was only attacking then it would only be 1 explosion not 2 explosions. Another reason why it was external mine because the report from the diver who swam down and invent the bottom plate of the ship. The 3 metal plates of the ship were bent inward however, if it was an internal explosion, then it the metal plates would be bent outward not inward. The 1911 report with Vreeland Broad had agreed that it was a explosion of the magazines were triggered by an external force BUT the damage to the USS Maine was more powerful that the Sampson Board which was the 1898 report. It was also said that initiating blast happened further aft on the ship. It also said that in the 1911 report they state that is was an external
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So how could it be an internal explosion if the coal was checked every single day.. Also the fire alarms in the bunker were working correctly, and there was never been a filed case of spontaneous, which is performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus. The people on the ship would know if something was wrong with the ship Frame 17 is the outer shell of the ship was four feet above the water. The only way this could have happened if it was external