and "Destruction of the War Ship Maine Was the Work of an Enemy ... were responsible for the Maine's destruction. On March 28, 1898, the United States Naval Court of Inquiry found that the ...

From the night of Nov. 26 into Nov. 27, 1898, 126 years ago this week ... made a fateful decision to continue the ship's voyage from Boston to Portland, Maine, a trip that usually took an entire ...

The ship bobbed listlessly ... An official U.S. investigation agreed. On April 25, 1898, Congress formally declared war on Spain. By summer's end, Spain had ceded Cuba, along with the Philippines ...