There are and have been thousands of American warships. Which one are you asking about? Please repost your question with more clues, say, the name of a battle that the warship was in . . .
The Chesapeake
The Chesapeake
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
Cruisers are a warship. They are larger than a destroyer.
In 1812.
A longboat
Cannon
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The British warship that stopped an American warship in the Chesapeake was the HMS Leopard. This incident occurred in June 1807 when the Leopard intercepted the USS Chesapeake, leading to a confrontation that resulted in the British boarding the American vessel and impressing several sailors. The event heightened tensions between the United States and Britain, contributing to the War of 1812.
The designer, John Ericsson, proposed the name Monitor for the warship. Monitor means one who admonishes and corrects wrongdoers
george roger warship
the USS Constitution