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64,000 Ton Battleship: The U.S. Navy's Montana-Class Was Doomed
With twelve instead of nine 16-inch main guns (the plans for the 18-inch guns were dropped) and twenty 5-inch guns, the proposed Montana, Ohio, Maine ... one super battleship – the USS Montana ...
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February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes
At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace. Of the two-thirds of the crew who perished, only 200 ...