Shipwrecks · La Habana
USS Maine
USS Maine is a shipwreck at 23°12′09″N 82°21′18″W in La Habana province. USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction, while evidence points to an accident caused by an internal coal bunker fire. The phrase "Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!" became a rallying cry for action. The Maine explosion served as a catalyst which accelerated the events leading up to the war.
USS Maine: coast and water
5090 m at 141°: Punta Talanquera (point); 5390 m at 175°: Playa del Chivo (beach); 5600 m at 189°: Fondeadero del Morro (anchorage); 5830 m at 182°: Faro Castillo del Morro (lighthouse); 5830 m at 182°: Punta Barlovento (point); 6250 m at 183°: Punta Sotavento (point); 6290 m at 125°: Punta Campanilla (point); 6490 m at 176°: Canal de Entrada (inlet); 7100 m at 208°: Punta Brava (point); 7160 m at 161°: Punta los Colorados (point); 7330 m at 168°: Bahía de La Habana (bay); 7400 m at 161°: Ensenada del Ingenito (cove); 7540 m at 122°: Punta Piedra (point); 7760 m at 167°: Punta Santa Catalina (point); 7770 m at 172°: Fondeadero La Tasadera (anchorage); 7860 m at 164°: Fondeadero Gallinero (anchorage).
USS Maine: inland
5850 m at 173°: La Cabaña (district); 6740 m at 179°: Palacio O'Farril (hotel); 6810 m at 184°: Hotel Islazul Caribbean (hotel); 6900 m at 191°: Terral (hotel); 6910 m at 127°: Cojímar (settlement); 6920 m at 183°: mercure sevilla (hotel); 6940 m at 135°: Aparthotel Costazul (hotel); 6960 m at 175°: Santa Isabel (hotel); 6960 m at 184°: Lido (hotel); 7020 m at 179°: Casa Quintela (hotel); 7040 m at 176°: Ambos Mundos (hotel); 7050 m at 178°: Hotel Florida (hotel).
USS Maine: distances
5340 m at 175°: Playa del Chivo; 6830 m at 168°: Casablanca; 7410 m at 183°: Old Havana; 24350 m at 193°: José Martí International Airport ; 7120 m at 168°: Port of Havana (port); 19420 m at 231°: Marina Hemingway (marina).
Protected: 26260 m at 97°: Area Protegida Rincón de Guanabo; 28880 m at 119°: Área Protegida La Coca; 34740 m at 125°: Área Protegida Escaleras de Jaruco.
USS Maine: close by
5160 m at 229°: USS Hendrick Hudson (wreck); 6600 m at 179°: Restos de la Muralla de La Habana (site); 6620 m at 179°: Muralla de La Habana, Baluarte de San Telmo (site); 6760 m at 177°: Muralla de mar. Cortina de Valdés (site); 6810 m at 176°: Muralla de Mar (site); 6920 m at 127°: Cojímar (fishing); 7240 m at 173°: Muelle Sierra Maestra (fishing); 7370 m at 173°: Muelle La Machina (fishing); 7510 m at 172°: Muelle Santa Clara (fishing); 7550 m at 170°: USS Maine (reef); 7860 m at 174°: Muelle flotante (fishing); 8260 m at 176°: Muelle Aracelio Iglesias (fishing).
USS Maine: on and around
Within 15 km: 2036 guest houses & hostels, 402 stores & supermarkets, 401 schools, 386 government & embassies, 336 historic & heritage, 333 garages & car services, 263 attractions, 175 urban parks & plazas, 165 markets & malls, 163 places of worship.
5220 m at 149°: Apartamento Anabel Estrada de la Hoz 1106 (guest houses & hostels); 5290 m at 150°: Casa de Olguita (guest houses & hostels); 5510 m at 152°: Combinado deportivo Fe Del Valle (stadiums & sport); 5540 m at 150°: Rotonda de Camilo Cienfuegos (urban parks & plazas); 5770 m at 182°: Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro (historic & heritage); 5810 m at 158°: Casa Blanca (guest houses & hostels); 5810 m at 175°: Paladar Hostal Doña Carmela (cuban cuisine & lechón); 5810 m at 153°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 5930 m at 142°: Área de Tiro con Arco 🏹 (stadiums & sport); 6040 m at 175°: Parque Histórico Militar Morro Cabaña (museums); 6090 m at 178°: La Divina Pastora (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6190 m at 183°: Mirador a Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro (attractions); 6230 m at 173°: Cohetería reactiva (museums).
USS Maine: marine life records
2708 records of 779 species within 8 km, 1858 to 2026: 880 corals, 870 echinoderms, 303 fish, 271 molluscs, 132 seabirds and shorebirds, 94 other, 67 sponges, 36 crustaceans, 24 seagrass and algae, 17 marine mammals, 14 sharks and rays. That is 1346.8 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porifera, 64 (other); Pelecanus occidentalis, 54 (seabirds and shorebirds); Comactinia echinoptera, 37 (echinoderms); Distichopora sulcata, 34 (corals); Sigsbeia murrhina, 34 (echinoderms); Pseudomadrepora carolina, 31 (corals); Ophiopaepale goesiana, 29 (echinoderms); Fregata magnificens, 29 (seabirds and shorebirds); Hypalometra defecta, 28 (echinoderms); Stylaster laevigatus, 26 (corals); Anomocora fecunda, 26 (corals); Ophiocamax hystrix, 26 (echinoderms).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 4, Mar 1, Apr 1, May 1, Jul 2, Oct 3, Nov 2; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 15, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 13, Jul 3, Sep 1, Nov 4, Dec 6.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
USS Maine: notes
The position is a published coordinate and can be approximate.
Getting to USS Maine
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Castillo del Morro stands about 5.8 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Havana Inner Harbor Range Nº 2 stands about 8.5 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikipedia (coordinates) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel. For a wreck this is the sinking or wreck site recorded in Wikidata or Wikipedia; the hull may since have been raised, moved or broken up.