Maine whose sinking by an explosion on February 15, 1898 precipitated the Spanish–American War. To the south and east is the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and northeast is New Brunswick, a province of Canada. The Canadian province of Quebec is to the northwest. Maine is both the northernmost state in New England and the largest, accounting for almost half the region's entire land area. Maine is the only state to border exactly one other state (New Hampshire to the west). Maine is the easternmost state in the United States in both its extreme points and its geographic center. The
Japanese cruiser Akitsushima torpedo tubes. The basic design of "Akitsushima" was too top-heavy, and the vessel had poor stability and sea-handling capability. During the First Sino-Japanese War, Captain Kamimura Hikonojō was assigned command of the new cruiser "Akitsushima" and participated in the Battle of Pungdo even before the start of official hostilities against the Imperial Chinese Beiyang Fleet cruiser . "Jiyuan" escaped, but "Akitsushima" captured the gunboat "Guanyi". Later as part of the flying squadron led by Admiral Tsuboi Kōzō at the Battle of the Yellow Sea on 17 September 1894, "Akitsushima" is credited with sinking the cruiser . During the battle, "Akitsushima"