Alpena in Alpena County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

U.S.S. Maine Memorial

In Memoriam

U.S.S. Maine Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2023

1. U.S.S. Maine Marker

Inscription. U.S.S. Maine, destroyed in Havana harbor February 15th 1898. This tablet cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine.

(on the shield)
☆ Patriotism ☆ Devotion ☆

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American. In addition, it is included in the U.S.S. Maine Memorial Markers series list.

Location. 45° 3.72′ N, 83° 25.83′ W. Memorial is in Alpena, Michigan, in Alpena County. It is on Water Street south of North 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 208 N 1st Ave, Alpena MI 49707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula

and in one of the Lake Huron Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: Alpena City Hall (a few steps from this marker); The Daniel Carter Family (within shouting distance of this marker); Winter Layup (about 400 feet away); The Third Ward (about 400 feet away); Alpena’s Second Avenue Bridge (about 500 feet away); Nordmeer (about 600 feet away); Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (about 600 feet away); Montana (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alpena.

Other markers no longer nearby. Winter Layups (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named The Third Ward (was about 400 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Ties That Bind (was about 400 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

U.S.S. Maine Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 23, 2023

2. U.S.S. Maine Memorial

This gun was recovered from the Maine. This tablet is on the small cement plinth at the base of the gun, to the right. Click on image to zoom in.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 200 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 28, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.