Who was blamed for the explosion of the uss maine?
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What country got blamed for the explosion of the USS Maine?
Spain
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What is now generally thought of as actually to blame for the explosion of the USS Maine?
explosion of the forward magazines
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What did the Sampson Board's Court of Inquiry blame for the explosion of the USS Maine?
external explosion from a mine
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USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. American newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.  Although the Maine explosion was not a direct cause, it served as a catalyst that accelerated the events leading up to the war.
USS Maine (1889)
In addition to the inquiry commissioned by the Spanish government to naval officers Del Peral and De Salas, two Naval Courts of Inquiry were ordered: The Sampson Board in 1898 and the Vreeland board in 1911. In 1976, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover commissioned a private investigation into the explosion, and the National Geographic Society did an investigation in 1999, using computer simulations. All investigations agreed that an explosion of the forward magazines caused the destruction of the ship, but different conclusions were reached as to how the magazines could have exploded
USS Maine (1889)
In 2002, the Discovery Channel produced an episode of the Unsolved History documentaries, entitled "Death of the U.S.S. Maine". It used photographic evidence, naval experts, and archival information to argue that the cause of the explosion was a coal bunker fire, and it identified a weakness or gap in the bulkhead separating the coal and powder bunkers that allowed the fire to spread from the former to the latter.
USS Maine (1889)
The USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War. American newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that Spain was responsible for the ship's explosion and destruction. To determine the cause of the explosion and destruction of the Maine, Spain launched a formal investigation in 1898. Two United States Naval Courts of Inquiry have also been ordered to determine the cause, The Sampson Board in 1898 and the Vreeland board in 1911. In 1976, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover commissioned a private investigation into the explosion, and the National Geographic Society did an investigation in 1999 using computer simulations. All of these investigations agreed that an explosion of the forward magazines caused the destruction of the ship, but different conclusions were reached as to how the magazines could have exploded. The Sampson Board of Inquiry blamed an external explosion from a mine. However, in the most recent investigation to determine the cause of the explosion of the Maine, the Discovery Channel used photographic evidence, naval experts, and archival information to argue that the cause of the explosion was a coal bunker fire, and it identified a weakness or gap in the bulkhead separating the coal and powder bunkers that allowed the fire to spread from the former to the latter.