In 1898 Americans were urged to "remember" this battleship that sank in Havana harbor, leading to war with Spain
At 
the height of American tensions with Spain over Cuba, war was... [DOC] [TLE] Spanish-American War: Trial Run for Interventionism [PAR] Aug 10, 2012 ... After the battleship Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor  an 
incident ... Spain  America went to war, our citizens urged to free Cuba from 
Spanish .... One afternoon in February 1898, Roosevelt exploited the absence of 
Navy ... would erupt in the harbor, leading to war, they were disappointed.