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answers.span_text: Havana Harbor , Havana , Cuba
questions: where was the u.s.s maine when it exploded in 1898
name: USS Maine (ACR-1)
contexts: USS Maine entering Havana Harbor on 25 January 1898 , where the ship would explode three weeks later . On the right is the old Morro Castle fortress . Class overview Builders : New York Naval Shipyard , Brooklyn Operators : United States Navy Succeeded by : USS New York ( ACR - 2 ) Built : 1888 -- 1895 In commission : 1895 -- 1898 Completed : 1 Lost : 1 History United States Name : Maine Namesake : State of Maine Ordered : 3 August 1886 Builder : New York Naval Shipyard , Brooklyn , New York Cost : $4,677,788.75 Laid down : 17 October 1888 Launched : 18 November 1889 Sponsored by : Alice Tracy Wilmerding Commissioned : 17 September 1895 Fate : Sunk by explosion in Havana Harbor , Havana , Cuba , 15 February 1898 Status : Remains scuttled in the Strait of Florida , 16 March 1912 General characteristics Type : Armored cruiser or 2nd - class battleship Displacement : 6,682 long tons ( 6,789 t ) Length : 324 ft 4 in ( 98.9 m ) oa Beam : 57 ft ( 17.4 m ) Draft : 22 ft 6 in ( 6.9 m ) ( max ) Installed power : 8 × boilers 9,293 ihp ( 6,930 kW ) Propulsion : 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines 2 × screws Speed : 16.45 kn ( 30.47 km / h ; 18.93 mph ) Range : 6670km ( 3600nm ) at 10 knots Complement : 374 officers and men Armament : 2 × twin 10 in ( 254 mm ) / 30 caliber Mark 2 guns 6 × 6 in ( 152 mm ) / 30 caliber Mark 3 guns 7 × Driggs - Schroeder 6 - pounder ( 57 mm ( 2.2 in ) ) guns 4 × 1 - pounder ( 37 mm ( 1.5 in ) ) Hotchkiss guns 4 × Driggs - Schroeder 1 - pounder ( 37 mm ( 1.5 in ) ) guns 4 × Gatling guns . 45 -- 70 caliber 4 × 18 inch ( 450 mm ) torpedo tubes Armor : Belt : 12 in ( 305 mm ) Deck : 2 -- 3 in ( 51 -- 76 mm ) Turrets : 8 in ( 203 mm ) Conning tower : 10 in ( 254 mm ) Bulkheads : 6 in ( 152 mm )