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Battleship MAINE
Her final resting places -
Part 2
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The MAINE's foremast has been removed to the seawall
at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. (Photo
courtesy of Ken Brooks)
An anchor from the MAINE in Reading, PA (photo from
Richard A. Sauers, Pennsylvania in the Spanish American War,
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, 1998, p
42.) We have learned from Félix Alfonso Peña that the anchor is now
located at d on the western edge of Reading's City Park, on the
first block of North 11th Street.
This is one of the MAINE's 6 inch guns in the town of
Alpena, Michigan. It was brought to the town through the efforts of
Congressman George Loud, who had served on the U.S.
Revenue Cutter McCULLOCH at the Battle of
Manila Bay (photos and info. contributed by Dale and Kay
Arsenaeu)
One of MAINE's 10" turret
sighting hoods is located at a newly built War Memorial located on
the western portion of Key West known as Mallory Square. It was
formerly located at the Key West Post Office.
This is an image of a monument and plaque in Summerfield Park, at
the corner of Willett and King Streets in Port Chester, New York. The
monument is surmounted by a 10 inch shell recovered from the wreck of
the MAINE. The plaque reads:
THIS TEN-INCH SHELL FROM THE
USS MAINE
UNVEILED AT PORT CHESTER, NY
JULY 4, 1912
IN MEMORY OF NEWELL RISING
A TOWNSMAN
AND OF ALL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
WITH HIM IN THE DESTRUCTION
OF THAT SHIP
FEBRUARY 15, 1898
Newell Rising was a coal passer aboard the MAINE
and did not survive the explosion.
A ten inch shell from the
battleship U.S.S. MAINE located in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA
Ten inch shells from the battleship U.S.S.
MAINE located in South Bend, Indiana (Photos contributed by HMCS (Ret.)
Eric M. Moll)
The first of the two shells (above) is located on the campus of Notre
Dame University. The pedestal supporting the shell has one of the plaques
made from bronze from the wreck on the MAINE. Below that is a
second plaque that states:
"To the memory of
John Henry Shillington
From Brownson
Who Went Down on the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This Marker is Raised by the Men of Brownson as a Symbol
of Their Sorrow and Pride
Requiescat in Pace"
The second of the two shells is located in South Bend on the
grounds of the St. Joseph's County Court House. The inscription reads
"Taken from the Battleship Maine
Presented to the County of St, Joseph By Ignatius K. Werwinski
May 30, 1912"
Artifact
labeled as "Steam Steering Wheel" in Pembroke Pines, Florida (photos
contributed by Gerald Nattboy)
It is not entirely understood what this item actually is. It is labeled
on the rear of the artifact:
"STEAM STEERING WHEEL TAKEN FROM WRECK OF U.S.S. MAINE. SUNK IN HAVANA
HARBOR. CUBA, FEB. 15. 1898."
A key fob made from metal from the USS MAINE (image
contributed by John Blow)
A porthole cover located in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio (Just outside Akron)
The porthole cover monument has been placed on a
base in the shape of a Spanish American War cross - the symbol of
the United Spanish War Veterans. (photo courtesy of Daniel
Andrella)
Plaque noting that the monument was placed by the
Wadsworth Camp 24, of the United Spanish War Veterans (photo
courtesy of Daniel Andrella)
Masonic
Shriner Tie Pin Made from the Metal of the U.S.S. MAINE
A Masonic / Shriner tie pin or tie tack made from bronze recovered
from the Battleship MAINE The front of the
tie tack is shown at left. The rear of the pinback is shown at right
(photos courtesy of James Wilberger)
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