sharks give birth to both live babys and eggs
USS Constitution
The answer to that is the south.
A very fast warship used during the war of 1812 by the US Navy was a frigate.
USS Vincennes
first in the civil war and then in vietnam
The USS Constitution/ The Constitution
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
Old Ironsides
The Merrimack, also known as the Virginia, was the first ironclad warship. It was created by the Confederacy in 1862 in order to retaliate against the Union Fleet blockading southern ports.
The first Union ironclad warship for the Union in the US Civil War was the USS Monitor. It was designed by Swedish engineer, John Ericsson. The ship was unique in that it was the first warship to have a revolving turret. This enabled the ship to always be able to aim its cannons on an enemy warship. The USS Monitor was built in 1862 and battled the CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
The first clash of a metal warship with a revolving gun turret fighting another metal warship in actual battle.
USS Enterprise (CV-6).