![]() ![]() Special orders in regard to this had been given by the commanding officer. Waste was carefully looked after on board the Maine to obviate danger. The dry gun-cotton primers and detonators were stowed in the cabin aft, and remote from the scene of the explosion. ![]() The torpedo war heads were all stowed in the after part of the ship, under the ward room, and neither caused nor participated in the destruction of the Maine. The only magazine which had an undue amount of heat was the after 10-inch magazine, and that did not explode at the time the Mainewas destroyed. ![]() The temperatures of the magazines and shell rooms were taken daily and reported. The magazines and shell rooms were always locked after having been opened, and after the destruction of the Maine the keys were found in their proper place in the captain’s cabin, everything having been reported secure that evening at 8 p.m. Nothing was stowed in any one of the magazines or shell rooms which was not permitted to be stowed there. Instructions, and proper care was taken whenever ammunition was handled. The state of discipline on board the Maine was excellent,Īnd all orders and regulations in regard to the care and safety of the ship were strictly carried out.Īll ammunition was stowed in accordance with prescribed The United States consul-general at Havana 3 had notified the authorities at that place, the previous evening, of the intended arrival of the Maine.Ģ. 4, in from 5½ to 6 fathoms of water by the regular Government pilot. That the United States battle ship Maine arrived in the harbor of Habana, Cuba, on the 25th day of January, 1898, and was taken to buoy No. The court was then cleared for deliberation.Īfter full and mature consideration of all the testimony before it, the court finds as follows:ġ. The record of last day’s proceedings was read over and approved. Present: All the members and the judge-advocate. The court met pursuant to the adjournment of yesterday. Report of the Naval Court of Inquiry upon the Destruction of the United States Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898 ![]()
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