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Dean Stavridis in front of his painting "Remember the Maine"

The Painting on the Wall: Remembering the USS Maine

By On September 19, 2013 · 15 Comments

Having just shifted careers from the Navy—where I spent over three decades—to the world of Academe, I have also of course changed offices. One artifact from my Navy days came along with me: a painting of the American battleship Maine, proudly at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba—a Spanish colony at the time—in the […]

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