The Sinking of the Maine

The sinking of the Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned battleship and the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine. Despite these advances, with her two gun turrets, the maine was out of date by the time she entered service, due to her protracted construction period and changes in the role of ships of her type. The Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine did not cause a war with spain, it only caused suspicion from the government about whether the spanish had anything to do with the sinking, considering that it was in spanish waters at the time of the sinking. The bad thing about sinking the U.S.S. Maine was that this started The Spanish American War. The only pro about the sinking was that the spanish did not blow up the ship, but it was believed for many years that they did blow it up.

Sources:

1. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/spanam/events/maineskg.htm 

2. http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html