(A) ** USS Maine
(B) USS Arizona
(C) USS Perry
(D) USS Washington
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -After riots broke out in Havana, Cuba, in January 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine was sent there to safeguard American interests, although the Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long, insisted that it was only making a friendly call.
Concept note-2: -One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6, 000 tons and was built at a cost of more than $2 million. Ostensibly on a friendly visit, the Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana in January.
Concept note-3: -President William McKinley sends the battleship USS Maine to Havana to protect U.S. interests in Cuba. The Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, killing 266 men. An inquiry conducted by the U.S Navy concludes that the explosion was caused by the detonation of a mine under the ship.
Concept note-4: -USS Maine (ACR-1), commissioned in 1895, was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine.