Notable Ships
- USS Chesapeake - 38 gun frigate, contemporary to USS Constitution, fought in the War of 1812.
- USS Delaware - first ship to be dry docked in the Western Hemisphere.
- CSS Virginia - First Confederate ironclad warship, rebuilt from burned out hulk of USS Merrimack; participant in Battle of Hampton Roads against USS Monitor
- USS Texas - First U.S. naval battleship to be commissioned.
- USS Raleigh - First modern cruiser completely built by the U.S. government.
- USS Langley - First U.S. aircraft carrier; converted from USS Jupiter.
- USS Shangri-La - Only U.S. aircraft carrier paid for solely by U.S. Warbonds and subscriptions.
- USS Alabama
- USS Arizona
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