There are theories on what caused the U.S.S. Maine to explode while it sat in the Havana Harbor. What are they?

Spanish spies set fire to the gunpowder.
Cannons from shore batteries hit the ship.
The battleship struck a mine.
Coal spontaneously combusted.

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The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the third choice or letter C.

One theory on what caused the U.S.S. Maine to explode while it sat in the Havana Harbor was that it struck a mine.

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Answer

Coal spontaneously combusted

Explanation

There are many theories for the cause of the United States the USS Maine  explosion with Us men aboard where many died. According to the United States  Naval  Investigative team team their research concerning this incident , they came to a conclusion that the explosion was caused by fire that had ignited the ammunition stock.  According to these investigators there was a strong  evidence that the explosion of Maine was caused by an internal coal fire which ignited the magazines. This was a likely cause of the explosion, rather than the initial hypothesis of a mine