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 ...

In 1862, during America’s Civil War, the U.S. Congress and Department of the Navy began naming combat ships after the nation’s states. The USS Maine is named after America’s 23rd state. The over 324 ...

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.