It was cast on September 1, 1912 and dedicated on May 30, 1913 to the men killed aboard USS Maine (ACR-1) when the ship exploded in Havana harbor.

[1] In 1913, a USS Maine Monument designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle was completed and dedicated in New York City.

[2] A sculpture group of gilded bronze figures atop the pylon represent Columbia Triumphant, her seashell chariot being drawn by three hippocampi, modeled by Audrey Munson.

On the park side of the monument is fixed a memorial plaque that was cast in metal salvaged from the ship.

[1] It is not known how many of these plaques by sculptor Charles Keck were produced, but they can be found in many locations across the United States.