USS Maine (ACR-1) known for her loss in Havana Harbor on the evening of 15 February 1898. Sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain, she exploded suddenly, without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew. The cause and responsibility for her sinking remained unclear after a board of inquiry investigated. Nevertheless, popular opinion in the U.S., fanned by inflammatory articles printed in the "yellow press" by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, blamed Spain. The phrase, "Remember the "Maine!" To hell with Spain!", became a rallying cry for action, which came with the Spanish–American War
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898) Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898) The Chilean cruiser "Chacabuco" was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. Built at the end of the 19th Century, the "Chacabuco" had a remarkably long and varied career spanning nearly half a century. The "Chacabuco" was built as a private venture by Armstrong Whitworth to a typical Elswick cruiser design, and was launched on 4 July 1898, under the provisional name of "Fourth of July"; she was acquired by Chile in 1902, just before the end of the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. The Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser "Takasago" was the sister ship of the "Chacabuco".