How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed by Adm. Rickover

How The Battleship Maine was Destroyed  by Admiral H. G. Rickover. This book was published by the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland,1995.   Size approx 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" with 179 pages. Includes 19 black and white photographs, 2 maps and 14 drawings.

When the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor in 1898 it precipitated the conflict that marked a decisive point in American history--the Spanish American War. Conveniently, the Spanish were blamed for the explosion, but nagging questions persisted. There were several contradictory conclusions drawn about the cause of the great disaster, but none was based on solid technical explanations. As an engineer, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was intrigued by this quandary and determined in 1976 to resolve it with the use of modern technical knowledge. Rickover examined the 1898 inquiry and a more sophisticated subsequent study conducted when the stricken vessel was raised in 1911. This 1995 edition of the book considers new material that was not publicly available in 1976.

Contents

Chapt 1 - The Explosion

Chapt 2 - Cuba

Chapt 3 - Increasing Pressure

Chapt 4 - The Maine to Havana

Chapt 5 - Court of Inquiry

Chapt 6 - Toward War

Chapt 7 - Reexamination

Chapt 8 - Summary

Appendix A - An Examination of the Technical Evidence

Appendix B - Some Aspects of International Law and the Destruction of the Maine

Appendix C - Investigation of the Explosion on Board the French Battleship Jena, March 12, 1907

Index

Condition

This hardcover book is in Like New Condition.

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