File:Preparing to launch the USS Maine (ACR-1) (25378103840).jpg

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Description Lot 3000-S-17: U.S. Navy armored cruiser, USS Maine (ACR-1). She was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, at the New York Naval Shipyard, New York, November 18, 1890. Maine sunk on February 15, 1898, and was one of the factors leading to the Spanish-American War. Detroit Photographic Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/10).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/25378103840 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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