A campaign was launched to raise funds for the proper display and preservation of two relics from the Battleship Maine that had been awarded to the city of Scranton. The Navy awarded a shell and port ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) -People gathered in Bangor’s Davenport Park at the Battleship Maine Monument that honors the 253 men who lost their lives when the ship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. “Today ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Wednesday marked the 125th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Maine. The Bangor JROTC and Bangor VFW held a ceremony in Davenport Park by the Battleship Maine Monument. With ...

On May 4, 1898, Congress authorized the construction of three battleships, the plans of which very closely followed those of the “Alabama” class, the idea being to have a homogeneous squadron of six ...

The powerful storm that battered the Northeast over the weekend also uncovered the wreckage of a ship that could date back to the Revolutionary War. The wreckage was found on a beach in York, Maine.