USS Maine Wreck

From the Naval Historical Center we learn:

On 5 August 1910, Congress authorized the raising of Maine and directed Army engineers to supervise the work.

Maine’s hulk was finally floated 2 February 1912 and towed out to sea where it was sunk in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico with appropriate ceremony and military honors 16 March.

Credits

Photo, U.S. Naval Historical Center, #NH 46774.