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 The USS
Monitor
was the Union Navy's response to the Confederate
Navy's ironclad ship CSS Virginia (Merrimack).
The two ships battled to a strategic draw at
Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862. |
 The USS
Nautilus
(SSN-571) was the first nuclear
powered ship in the world, and the first cross
under the North Pole. She was launched on
September 30, 1954, and was setting records for
submarines by May of 1956. The historic voyage
under the pole took place in August of 1958. |
 The USS
Missouri
was the last U.S. battleship to be launched, and
the last to be decommissioned. She was an
integral part of the naval force during the
battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and was the site
of Japan's surrender to the Allies. She also saw
service during the Korean War, and in the Persian
Gulf conflicts of 1987 and 1991. |
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