The History of the US and Cuba

In january 18 98, the us. Nav sent a ship named the us s maine to havana harbor to look out for american interests. Within minutes of the 355 men on board the ship, 266, or 75 % ofthe crew, died. Almost all the officers survived because their quarters were on the other end of the ship. And no one was sure why the explosion happened. When they woke up president william mc kinley in washington to tell him about the disaster, it was initially described as an accident. But two independent investigations were called, one by spain and one by the us Navy. The spanish investigation concluded that it was an accidental fire. However