Here’s a fun fact that I didn’t find out until a few weeks ago. Did you know that when fighting in the Spanish American War, Teddy Roosevelt used a revolver that had been salvaged from the USS Maine? How cool! He used it when he charged San Juan Hill and was wearing it when the famous picture of he and his rough riders was taken.
How in the world did Roosevelt get it? The revolver was recovered by divers searching the Maine’s captain’s quarters for keys to the ship’s magazine bunkers. Eventually it was gifted to Roosevelt by his brother-in-law. Side note: The revolver was also stolen at one point! It was stolen from a locked display case in a museum and was missing for 16 years.