The USS Missouri was an Iowa class battleship.
The key factors that led to the historic naval battle between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor during the American Civil War were the development of ironclad warships, the strategic importance of controlling the waterways, and the need to break the Union blockade of Confederate ports.
USS Monitor
It is a Seawolf-class submarine.
USN battleships were named after US states; such as the USS Arizona, USS California, USS Nevada, USS New York, USS Texas, USS Tennessee, USS Oklahoma, USS Alabama, USS South Dakota, USS Washington, USS Mississippi, USS West Virginia, USS Utah, etc.
there were 8 frigates on the American sife- the USS Constitution, the USS John Admas, the USS President, the USS United States, the USS Constellation, the USS Boston, The USS New York, and the USS Congress
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona_%28BB-39%29
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.
Space vehicles can be many miles in length, or only 3000 feet. A Example of a Large space vehicle is the USS Voyager. A small space vehicle would be something like the Apollo that went to the moon.
To name a few: USS Bismarck Sea USS Lexington USS Yorktown USS Hornet USS Wasp USS Princeton USS Gambier Bay USS St. Lo USS Liscome Bay
USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, HMS Ark Royal, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Hornet, USS Yorktown, USS Essex, USS Nimitz,USS Ronald Reagan, and many others.
USS Missouri.