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BB-10 USS MAINE
1899 - 1906


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1907 - 1910
1911 - 1922


Maine Class Battleship: Displacement 12,500 Tons, Dimensions, 393' 11" (oa) x 72' 3" x 26' 8" (Max), Armament 4 x 12"/40 16 x 6"/50, 6 x 3"/50 2 x 18" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 4" Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 561.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia February 15 1899. Launched July 27 1901. Commissioned December 29 1902. Decommissioned August 31 1909, Recommissioned June 15 1911, Decommissioned May 15 1920. Stricken July 1 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26 1922 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-10 Maine 1.52k THE NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10).
From an illustration in Leslie's Weekly
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo courtesy of The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 01 December 1898, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 3.81k THE MAINE (BB-10), ONE OF THE NEW BATTLE-SHIPS RECENTLY CONTRACTED FOR.
The Navy Department Decided That One of the New Battle-Ships Authorized by Congress Should be Named the Maine. The Others Are the Missouri (BB-11) and Ohio (BB-12), the Latter to Be Built at the Union Iron Works. According to the Secretary of Navy's Report the Maine Will Be Ready for Service 1 June 1901.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 04 December 1898, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 3.75k NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10), AS SHE WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED. Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo courtesy of The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 05 February 1899, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 802k THE OLD AND THE NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10).
The new battleship Maine, the keel of which has just been laid, is to have a speed of l8 knots. She will be a ship of 15,500 tons displacement and in her main battery will carry four 12 inch guns and twelve 6 inch guns. These figures give a partial idea of the superiority of the new Maine over the old one. Among other things the new Maine will probably have underwater torpedo tubes, the first ever put in any ship in the American navy.
All the guns of the Maine, except the big 12 inch ones in the turrets, will be of the rapid fire pattern. Her secondary battery will be exceptionally strong. She will be 368 feet on the water line, 27 feet beam and will have a draft of 24 feet 7 inches when she has full supplies of stores and ammunition and 2,000 tons of coal on board. The wonderful Krupperized armor has proven so good that the Maine will have 12 inch plates of it put on her instead of the 16.5 inch Harveyized armor originally planned for.
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo courtesy of Virginian-Pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 17 February 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 3.53k TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE NEW BATTLE-SHIPS
Battleship Maine (BB-10), in Course of Construction.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 July 1899, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine81kMaine Class Battleship Pen and ink drawing by F. Muller, circa 1900, representing the intended appearance of the three Maine Class ships once completed. These ships were: Maine (BB-10), Missouri (BB-11) and Ohio (BB-12).Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, USNHC # NH 76392.
Maine1.93kCAPTAIN SIGSBEE'S DAUGHTER ETHEL MAY CHRISTEN BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10)
As the date for the christening of the battleship Maine approaches popular opinion here becomes stronger daily that the honor of shattering the neck of the champagne bottle on the craft will fall to the lot of Ethel Sigsbee, daughter of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, who commanded the ship's ill-fated predecessor.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 19 May 1901, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 3.01k The battleship Maine (BB-10) strikes the water for the first time. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 July 1901, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 1.88k NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10) GLIDES FROM CRADLE AND IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AT THE YARDS OF THE CRAMPS AT PHILADELPHIA.
One of Largest Crowds That Has Ever Seen War Vessel Leave Ways at Cramps Makes Patriotic Demonstration in Honor of Ship That Will Replace Ill-Fated Craft Whose Shapeless Mass Lies in Havana Harbor.
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 28 July 1901, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 245k LAUNCHING A BIG BATTLESHIP.
How a Battleship Looks When She Slides Into the Water
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo by The Coalville Times. (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 30 August 1901, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine165kNew battleship Maine (BB-10), building at Cramp Works, Philadelphia / Fred Pansing. Digital ID: 3g03271v, LC-B2-2332-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-10 Maine 3.07k THE NEW MAINE (BB-10) ARRIVES.
BATTLESHIP TO TAKE PLACE OF ONE BLOWN UP AT HAVANA RECEIVED A ROUSING WELCOME.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 August 1902, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 680k BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10) NOT UP TO CONTRACT
For the first time in the history of the United States Navy, a modern battleship has failed to attain the speed qualifications of her contract. The Maine in her trial over the Cape Ann course last Saturday failed to make 18 knots per hour, as specified in the contract between the Government and William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia.
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo by Evening Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, 13 September 1902, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 2.06k HOW UNCLE SAM'S BIG BATTLESHIPS ARE COMMISSIONED
More to Be Done Than is Generally Supposed
Hard Work Follows the Official Trial Trip
The Maine's (BB-10) Commander
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 04 January 1903, Editorials, The Drama, and Society, Image 19, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 3.10k THE NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10).
Now fitting out for service in Venezuelan waters.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 25 January 1903, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine71kPanoramic photograph of the ships' Officers & Crew, taken looking aft from her forecastle on 10 February 1903. Maine's (BB-10) Commanding Officer, Captain Eugene H.C. Leutze, is standing just to the left of the 12"/40 gun in the center of the photo. Standing beside Capt. Leutze, to the left, is Lieutenant Commander Thomas S. Rodgers. Note items in the foreground, including the capstain, anchor chain, and a pontoon raft.USNHC # 46798.
BB-10 Maine 1.80k BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10), WHOSE OFFICERS ARE HAVING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE AMONG THE CREW, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHED PRESS REPORTS FROM NEWPORT NEWS. WHERE THE CRAFT IS NOW LYING IN DRY DOCK Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 02 March 1903, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine 2.96k BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10), AT ANCHOR OFF LEAGUE ISLAND, LOOKS A FORMIDABLE CRIPPLE Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1903, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine361kA circa 1900's postcard of the Maine (BB-10) drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA.Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout, courtesy of Jonathan Eno.
BB-10 Maine66kPhotographed in 1903 by J.W. Dawson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.USNHC # 61213.
BB-10 Maine120kFrom 1903 to 1907 Maine (BB-10) cruised along the Atlantic coast south to the West Indies, and she completed one cruise to the Mediterranean.Digital ID: ggbain-24268, LC-B2-4192-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-10 Maine2.46kBATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10) ORDERED TO COLON.USNHC # 74103.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 November 1903, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
PDF added 11/22/11.
BB-10 Maine 2.79k THE BATTLESHIP MAINE (BB-10)
That the Battleship Maine is foreordained to disaster is shown, according to the superstitious sailor in the United States navy, by the latest mishap which has occurred to her. She is lying off Tompkinsville with four ugly cracks in the frames of her boilers. This is the third accident she has met with in two years.
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo by The Minneapolis Journal. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 02 January 1904, Section 3, Image 28, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-10 Maine413k Maine (BB-10) doing a stationary 18 knots. Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam.
BB-10 Maine65kMaine (BB-10) underway, circa 1903-1908. She is followed by Illinois (BB-7). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106138. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
BB-10 Maine 1.70k PRESIDENT REVIEWS MIGHTY AMERICAN FLEET; LOW CLOUDS AND FOG MAR BEAUTY OF SPECTACLE
The battleship Maine (BB-10)
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 03 September 1906, Last Edition, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

Additional Maine Images
4 General Views Of Maine From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS MAINE BB-10 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not applicable to this ship.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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