Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'.
Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
Monitor
December 31, 1862 was the date that it sank.
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
16 of the 62 crew were lost
This ship was the USS Monitor. She became famous after duelling inconclusively with the Merrimack, or CSS Virginia, on March 9th 1863 off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The USS Monitor was a Union, United States ship.
USS Monitor was created on 1862-02-25.
$275,000 was spent for the construction of the USS Monitor.
The USS Monitor was commissioned on January 30, 1862.
The USS Monitor was built in a shipyard in New York. Its designer was John Ericsson, an inventor for the Union.
the uss monitor was used once in battle and then sunk shortly after in a wavy storm.
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft".
The USS Monitor was a US warship. The CSS Virginia was a Confederate warship. While it was considered a draw, the Virginia did not see action again.
The cost of building the USS Monitor was $275,000. This was a large amount of money for 1861.
The construction of the USS Monitor began at the beginning of October 25, 1861. On January 30, 1862 the ironclad was launched.
Based on the blueprints of the USS Monitor, ship building pioneer, Donald McKay built monitor type ironclads for the Union's navy during the US Civil War.
Answer The USS Monitor was the first ship to have a flushing toilet that was mounted below the water line.