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:In 1910, the Army Corps of Engineers raised the USS Maine.  The ship was believed to be a hazard to navigating the waters.  She needed to be moved.  Before the ship was moved to the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico, another court convened to examine (the remains of) the vessel.  This court determined that the explosion was from the ship’s magazines, which were triggered by an external blast.  

:In 1910, the Army Corps of Engineers raised the USS Maine.  The ship was believed to be a hazard to navigating the waters.  She needed to be moved.  Before the ship was moved to the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico, another court convened to examine (the remains of) the vessel.  This court determined that the explosion was from the ship’s magazines, which were triggered by an external blast.  

:In 1976 Admiral Hyman Rickover and a group of naval officers reviewed the evidence from the previous investigations.  They concluded that a coal fire started aboard the Maine and caused the magazine explosion.  They found no support for the “mine theory”.   

:In 1976, Admiral [[Hyman G. Rickover]] and a group of naval officers reviewed the evidence from the previous investigations.  They concluded that a coal fire started aboard the Maine and caused the magazine explosion.  They found no support for the “mine theory”.   

:More recently, in 1999, National Geographic did an analysis of the explosion based on computer modeling.  They concluded that an inward bend to the hole in the bottom of the hull pointed to an external explosion.

:More recently, in 1999, National Geographic did an analysis of the explosion based on computer modeling.  They concluded that an inward bend to the hole in the bottom of the hull pointed to an external explosion.