United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Womack, Todd2005-08-12Encyclopedia article about the Spanish-American War in Georgia. On the quiet evening of February 15, 1898, the American exercise in saber rattling with Spain over the Cuban insurrection came to a sudden and violent end. Resting at anchor in the large harbor of Havana, Cuba, the battleship USS Maine erupted in flames, with no warning, as an explosion nearly tore the ship in two. More than 250 sailors died in the vessel's sinking, and within days Spain was blamed for the attack as many American journalists and politicians cried for war.GSE identifier: SS8H7text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Battleships--United StatesMaine (Battleship No. 10)Warships--United StatesShips--United StatesUnited States. NavySpanish-American War, 1898Spanish-American War in GeorgiaText