USS MAINE:
Her Many Last Resting Places
By Patrick McSherry (with the help of many contributors!)
By Patrick McSherry (with the help of many contributors!)
We encourage our readers to send us information on pieces of the USS MAINE that they come across in their travels. We will try to rebuild her, in a figurative sense, on this webpage! She is said to be the largest U.S. Navy vessel, since her masts are now tens of miles apart. Let's see how big she really is!
Relics of the USS MAINE and where they reside today:
Mainmast - Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Foremast - Naval Academy,
Annapolis,
MD.
Bow Anchor - Reading, PA.
Another Anchor - Arlington
National Cemetery
Anchor - Gloucester House Restaurant, Rogers Street, Gloucerster,
MA
Anchor Chain Hooks - Newton City Hall, Newton, MA
Bowscroll - Bangor, Maine
Stern scrollwork nameplate - Smithsonian Institute, Museum of
American
History
Washington. DC
Conning Tower Base - Canton, Ohio
Capstan -
Battery
Park
-Charleston, SC.
Capstan - Silver Bow County Courthouse, Butte, Montana.
6 in. 30 caliber deck gun
- Navy Historical Center, Washington (DC) Navy Yard
6 in. gun
-Alpena, Michigan
6 in. gun (barrel only), monument at Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine
6 in. gun mount - VFW
facility in Chattanooga, TN
Six-pounder gun -
South Carolina
Statehouse, Columbia, South Carolina
One -pounder gun - Milford town park, Milford, Maine
Spare propeller - Navy Historical
Center, Washington (DC) Navy Yard
Pivot gun and winch - Navy Historical Center Washington (DC) Navy
Yard
10" guns (one pair) -
Havana,
Cuba
10" Turret Sighting Hood
- Mallory Square, Key West, FL
Torpedo Tube, Pittsburgh, PA
Torpedo Port - Lakeside
Park
in Oakland, California
Ventilator Cowl - Woburn Massachussetts
Ventilator Cowl - Rock Island, Illinois
Ventilator Cowl - Los Angeles, California
Ship's silver service, Blaine House - Augusta Maine
Steam Whistle -
Larchmont,
New York
Maine's Engine Room Funnel, Pompton Lakes, NJ, (in park on Hamburg
Turnpike)
Deck plate key from the wreck of Battleship MAINE - Rutherford B.
Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
2 Capstan gears - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, OH
Capstan - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove,
Fremont, OH
Worm Gear - Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
Portholes (2) - Nay Aug Park in Scranton, PA
10 inch shell - Nay Aug Park in Scranton, PA
10
inch shell - Port Chesters, NY
Projectile, Monument at County Courthouse in Easton, PA
Bolt, Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Buchanan
Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Irvine Park, Orange Co., CA
(Plaque #743)
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Sacramento City Cemetery,
Sacramento,
CA
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley,
CO
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Vermilion County War Museum,
307 N. Vermilion Street, Danville, Illinois
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Post office, Red Oak Iowa (west
face of the building).
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - city park by University Lakes,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - 3 in hands of MAINE survivor
family members, Otter Creek, Maine
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Bangor Public Library, Bangor,
Maine
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Bangor Historical Society,
Bangor, Maine
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Maryland War Memorial,
Baltimore,
MD
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel -
LaFayette
Square, Gardner, Massachusetts (click here
for
more information on this park and its monument)
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Alpena, Michigan
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Sanford
Springvale Historical Society, Sanford, Maine
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Haldane High School, Cold
Spring,
New York
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - In small park on the corner
of Pine Avenue and Portage Road in Niagara Falls, NY (GPS: 43 degrees,
5' 40.81" N; 79 degrees, 2', 55.23" W)
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Oyster Bay, New York
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Queens, New York, in park north
of Hillside Ave at approx. 164th St.
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Dayton VA Medical Center,
dayton,
OH - Across Street from military museum
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Governor's
Troop Monument at the former Camp
Hastings
Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania,
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Gridley
Park, Liberty and West 6th Streets, Erie, Pennsylvania
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - USS
OLYMPIA,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Monument at 4th St. and Rt
462, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Berea, Ohio.
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - Elyria, Ohio.
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - owned by descendent of Lucien
Heneberger, USS MAINE, Virginia
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - private collection in Walla
Walla, Washington
Bronze Plaque made from the vessel - park near Woodland Park Zoo,
Seattle, Washington
Bronze plaques on the Daniel Boone
Expedition Monument, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Captain
Sigsbee's bathtub from the Maine (link) - Hancock Historical Museum
in
Ohio.
The 1901 Maine commemorative bells (and you
can even ring one!)
The 1904 Maine commemorative bells
Key fob made from metal from
the MAINE
Clock made from metal from the MAINE (private collection)
Maine's Union Jack - Hampton Roads Museum, Virginia
Part of the forward guy of the starboard quarter boat davits -
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, OH
Piece of worm drive, recovered from wreck of Battleship MAINE -
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
The book-shaped paperweights made from brass from the wreck of the
MAINE - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove,
Fremont,
OH
Belt buckle made from brass from the wreck of Battleship MAINE -
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
Metal fragment from brass from the wreck of Battleship MAINE -
Rutherford
B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
Life Preserver - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Port Hole Covers (two) - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Log Glass - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Keys to the Magazines - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Electric Light Bulb and Shade - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis,
MD
Bugle - Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Iron hooks - Miami Valley Military history Museum, Dayton, OH
1888 Penny from Sigsbee's desk - Naval
Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD
Sigsbee's ink well - Naval Academy Museum,
Annapolis, MD
Sigsbee's binoculars - Naval Academy
Museum,
Annapolis, MD
1895 Lee Rifle - Private Collection
1895 Lee Rifle (another one!) - Private
Collection
Baton made from parts of the MAINE
Small bronze ingot made from metal of the MAINE (see image at top
of this page) - Private
collection in Lancaster, PA
Another piece of interest is the USS MAINE's
steam whistle. This piece now resides at the Larchmont Yacht Club,
Larchmont,
NY. The whistle was obtained by the club scarcely three months after
the
ship's loss though the Merritt salvage company (photo and info.courtesy
of Larchmont Yacht Club).
Each plaque is numbered and stamped on the reverse. An example of the inscription is shown above (right). This example is from the plaque in Irvine Park, Orange County, Caliornia. The hole for the bolt to hold the plaque in place was drilled through the sculptor's first name. The inscription provides the plaque unit number and reads:
"CHARLES KECK, SCULPTOR
CAST BY
JNO. WILLIAMS, INC.
BRONZE FOUNDRY
NEW YORK
1913"
Auger, Paul - (Info. on plaque at Sanford, MA)
Bannerman, Francis, "Catalogue of Military Goods", New York, 1903.
Batha, Tom - Info. and images of the 6 inch gun mount in
Chattanooga, TN
Blow, Michael, A Ship to Remember , (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992).
Brooks, Ken, image of the MAINE's foremast.
Bugajsky, Charles - Info. on the worm gear and MAINE plaque in Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA, and the plaque in Wrightsville, PA
Cashman, Richard (information on MAINE plaques)
Charter, C. J., (Info. on plaque at Gardner, MA)
Conner, Robert - images of the 6 inch gun and spare propeller blade at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC; MAINE plaque in Queens, NY
Conrad, Mark - Info. on the MAINE plaque at the Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, OH and the hooks at the Miami Valley Military History Museum.
Cook, William - Info. on Maine Plaques in Bangor Public Library and Bangor Historical Society; 6-pounder in Portland, Maine, and one-pounder in Milford, Maine
Etter, Robert L. Etter Major USAF, Retired - MAINE's torpedo tube in Pittsburgh, PA
Fullerton, Herschel - Info. on MAINE plaque
Hart, Bill - Info. on MAINE plaque at Red Oak, Iowa
Hill, Greg - Info. on a baton made from the MAINE
Humes, Tim (info. on plaque at Seattle, Washington)
LaBarre, John Info. and photos concerning the 10" shell at Port Chester, NY
Lonsdale, Raymond - MAINE plaque in Niagara Falls, NY
Lovelace, Rev. Creighton, Info. on the bolt in the Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
Manzano, Mike (Info. on items in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, PA
Meyer, Eugene L., "The Maine Event," Washington Post, 1998. (Click here for a link to the article).
McMahon-Tronetti, Caillean (MAINE plaque in Erie, PA)
Molloy, Don (info. on capstan in Silver Butte County Courthouse, Butte, MT)
Parks, Terry - Info. on the MAINE plaque in Irvine Park, CA, and the image of the inscription on the back of the plaque.
Putnam, Arnold - Info. on the 6" gun tube on Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine
Ripley, Warren, "The Battery", Charleston, SC: Evening Post Publishing Co., 1977.
Robison, Kenneth H., II - Info. and photo of the 6 pounder gun at the South Carolina Statehouse, Columbia, SC, and the capstan at the Battery, in Charleston, SC
Ruth, Christine Etherton - Info. on the MAINE plaque in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado
Ryen, Kjetil M.Sc EE, Norway, image of the MAINE's Rudder
Sargent, John (Info. on anchor chain hooks)
Seltzer, Jim (MAINE plaque at Mount Gretna, PA)
Smith, Ken - Artifacts at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
http://www.mpbc.org/TV/Shows/USSMaine/ussmaineinfo.html (info. on silver service and Portland, Maine gun)
Yaglijian, Harry S. - Gun Port in Oakland, California
Young, Kevin R. (info. on the Danville, Illinois MAINE plaque)
Wade, James (info. on plaque at Baton Rouge)
Wallin, Richard (info. on plaque at Haldane High School, Cold Spring, New York)
Whitt, Richard - Info and photo of 10" sighting hood at Key West
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