Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine (Havana) Circle in New York City; Key West; Arlington National Cemetery; and Annapolis. (See USS "Maine": Memorials) Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine (Havana) The Monument to the Victims of the USS "Maine" (Spanish: "Monumento a las víctimas del Maine") was built in 1925 in on the Malecón boulevard at the end of Línea street, in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, built in honor of the American sailors that died in the explosion of in 1898, which served as the pretext for the United States to declare war on Spain thus starting the Spanish–American War. The ship had
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)