Explosion of USS Maine

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:associated_with yellow journalism
gptkbp:blame gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:casualties 266 crew members killed
gptkbp:cause unknown explosion
gptkbp:commissioned 1889
gptkbp:community_impact loss of colonies
gptkbp:cultural_references songs and poems
gptkbp:date February 15, 1898
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1914
gptkbp:depicted_in literature and media
gptkbp:famous_quote Remember the Maine!
gptkbp:historical_analysis debates on responsibility
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Cuban_War_of_Independence
gptkbp:historical_debate causes of the explosion
gptkbp:historical_records commemorative events
gptkbp:historical_significance catalyst for war
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Explosion of USS Maine
gptkbp:influenced U. S. foreign policy
rise of sensationalism
gptkbp:international_response gptkb:military_intervention
gptkbp:investigates gptkb:Naval_Court_of_Inquiry
published in 1898
gptkbp:investigative_conclusion accidental explosion or sabotage
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of American imperialism
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Spanish-American_War
gptkbp:legacy U. S.-Cuba relations
gptkbp:location Havana Harbor, Cuba
gptkbp:memorials various monuments and plaques
gptkbp:narrative American expansionism
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:notable_ships pre-dreadnought battleship
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:U._S._Navy_fleet
gptkbp:public_reaction outrage in the United States
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1898)
gptkb:Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill
gptkbp:responds_to denial of involvement
gptkbp:resulted_in sinking of the ship
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:sunk February 15, 1898
by an explosion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Spanish-American_War
gptkb:Battle_of_the_USS_Maine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5