my understanding is that the current theory is a that a fire in a coal bunker heated up the magazine nearby to flashpoint (Admiral Rickover from 1976) but National Geographic seems to have considered a mine a serious possibility because the hull plates were blown inward
If a mine, then there is likely no loss of the Maine in US waters
If a coal fire, well anywhere is possible
So pick your choice
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...tleship-maine-explodes-in-havana-harbor/?_r=0
If a mine, then there is likely no loss of the Maine in US waters
If a coal fire, well anywhere is possible
So pick your choice
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...tleship-maine-explodes-in-havana-harbor/?_r=0