The United States second-class battleship Maine is commissioned on September 17, 1895 at the New York Navy Yard. The 6,682-ton armored vessel was designed to modernize the fleet but was largely considered obsolete upon completion. The Maine, famously sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898 killing over 260 American crew members.
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