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| Keywords: USS Maine Mast Memorial anchor and mortars - Arlington National Cemetery - 1999.jpg en The anchor and Spanish mortars at the USS Maine Mast Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County Virginia in the United States in 1999 The USS Maine blew up under mysterious circumstances in Havana Harbor Cuba on February 15 1898 Its destruction led directly to the Spanish-American War Most of the ship's dead were interred in Colon Cemetery Havana Cuba But in December 1899 the United States repatriated the Maine dead and reburied them in Arlington National Cemetery In the late spring of 1900 the cemetery erected an anchor made specially for the cemetery and placed it on a concrete base near the area where the Maine dead were buried Two bronze Spanish mortars cast in the 18th century and captured by Admiral George Dewey from Cavite Arsenal The Philippines during the Spanish-American War were placed on brick piers on either side of the anchor In 1911-1912 the USS Maine was raised from Havana Harbor and additional bodies retrieved The ship was sunk at sea The bodies were interred alongside the other Maine dead and in 1915 a new memorial in the shape of a battleship gun turret was built next to the mortars and anchor The actual main mast of the USS Maine jutted from the top of this new memorial In 1962 the terrace and balustrade where the anchor and mortars rested were rebuilt Two additional guns from an unnamed U S warship were added on either side of the central anchor and mortars http //www loc gov/pictures/item/va1847 photos 381576p/ Historic American Buildings Survey Library of Congress 1999 Maine Mast Memorial PD-USGov | ||||
