USS Maine
Four ships of the
United States Navy
have borne the name
USS
Maine
, named for
the 23rd state
:
USS
Maine
(ACR-1)
, was a battleship whose 1898 sinking precipitated the
Spanish–American War
.
USS
Maine
(BB-10)
, launched in 1901, was the lead ship of
her class
of
battleships
. She participated in the voyage of the
Great White Fleet
, and was decommissioned in 1920 to be sold for scrap in 1923.
USS
Maine
(BB-69)
was to be a
Montana
-class
battleship
, and was cancelled in 1943.
USS
Maine
(SSBN-741)
, launched in 1994, is an
Ohio
-class
nuclear
ballistic missile submarine
, in active service as of 2024.