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
Italian cruiser Calatafimi of the Reserve Squadron, which also included the ironclads and "Lepanto" and the protected cruiser . In 1898, "Calatafimi" was assigned to the Reserve Squadron, which included the ironclads "Lepanto", "Francesco Morosini", and "Ruggiero di Lauria", three protected cruisers, and the torpedo cruiser . The following year, she returned to the Active Squadron, where she served with six ironclads, the armored cruiser , the protected cruiser , and "Goito". The ship was sold for scrap in March 1907 and subsequently broken up. Italian cruiser Calatafimi Calatafimi was a torpedo cruiser of the built for the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy)