Nautical Decoration, Military Naval Paraphernalia, Battleship Maine Spoon, Antique 1900s American History Souvenir, Destruction of the Maine
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I have personal reasons for thinking that the spoon is not from 1898 but from years between 1900-1904. My opinion only. Small Silver plated (yellow tone) Spoon dedicated to one of the most mysterious incidents of modern USA History. The spoon is much prettier in person and in VERY GOOD VINTAGE Condition. There is wear on the spoon, mainly at back in the bowl (see pics). Silver plated layer is lost in almost all the spoon making it look yellow.
USS Maine (ACR-1) was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the second Cuban independence War against Imperial Spain. On the evening of 15 February 1898, she suddenly exploded, and swiftly sank, killing nearly three quarters of her crew. Though then, as now, the cause and responsibility for her sinking were UNCLEAR; popular opinion in the U.S. blamed Spain, and the sinking (popularized in the phrase Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!) was one of the precipitating events of the Spanish–American War. Her sinking remains the subject of speculation, with various authors proposing that she sank due to the results of an undetected fire in one of her coal bunkers, that she was the victim of a naval mine, and that she was DELIBERATELY sunk for the purposes of driving the U.S. into a war with Spain and conquering Cuba+Puerto Rico+Philippines as happened later. The cause of the explosion that sank the ship remains a MYSTERY.
Length 4.3" inches
Weight 9 grams
All Above Measurements Are Approximate.
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I have personal reasons for thinking that the spoon is not from 1898 but from years between 1900-1904. My opinion only. Small Silver plated (yellow tone) Spoon dedicated to one of the most mysterious incidents of modern USA History. The spoon is much prettier in person and in VERY GOOD VINTAGE Condition. There is wear on the spoon, mainly at back in the bowl (see pics). Silver plated layer is lost in almost all the spoon making it look yellow.
USS Maine (ACR-1) was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the second Cuban independence War against Imperial Spain. On the evening of 15 February 1898, she suddenly exploded, and swiftly sank, killing nearly three quarters of her crew. Though then, as now, the cause and responsibility for her sinking were UNCLEAR; popular opinion in the U.S. blamed Spain, and the sinking (popularized in the phrase Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!) was one of the precipitating events of the Spanish–American War. Her sinking remains the subject of speculation, with various authors proposing that she sank due to the results of an undetected fire in one of her coal bunkers, that she was the victim of a naval mine, and that she was DELIBERATELY sunk for the purposes of driving the U.S. into a war with Spain and conquering Cuba+Puerto Rico+Philippines as happened later. The cause of the explosion that sank the ship remains a MYSTERY.
Length 4.3" inches
Weight 9 grams
All Above Measurements Are Approximate.
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