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Famous Ships

Identify the famous ships from real-life, literature, and movies.

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This ship was the first nuclear powered submarine and also the ship in Jules Verne's classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"Nautilius
The ship was the pride of the White Star Line and sunk after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912.Titanic
This was the ship commandered by Captain Ahab in Moby DickPequot
This was the ship Charles Darwin sailed on when he investigated animal speciesThe Beagle
These ships had an epic duel during the Civil War, there battle was inconclusive. They were the world's first ironcladsThe Virignia (Conferederate bettern known as The Merrimack), vs the Monitor (Union)
This ship was sunk in the closing months of World War II attempting to evacuate civilians and soldiers from the approaching Soviet ArmyWilhelm Gerstloff (More people were killed than on the Titanic)
These group of ships attempted to invade England in 1588 and were defeated. The remnants of the fleet were destroyed in a storm off the Irish coast.The Spanish Armada
This aircraft carrier became famous in the Pacific campaigns during World War II. It was known as the "Fighting I"Intrepid
This aircraft carrier was sunk in the aftermath of the Battle of MidwayYorktown (It was sunk by a Japanese submarine)
This ship was attacked by the Israeli military during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. The Israelis claimed it was a case of mistaken identity.The Liberty
Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of TrafalgarHMS Victory
The lunar landing craft of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969The Eagle (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the craft).
John Paul Jones ship during the American RevolutionBonhomme Richard (defeated the HMS Serapis)
The ship commanded by Captain Bligh that was taken over by a mutiny of the crew led by Fletcher ChristianHMS Bounty
The submarine that the Confederacy experimented with during the American Civil WarThe Hunley
The ship that blew up in Havanna harbor stoking American opinion for war with Spain in 1898.The Maine
The Tom Clancy novel, based on a true story, which featured the captain of a Soviet nuclear submarine defecting.Red October (The novel was The Hunt for Red October)
The battleship developed by the British at the beginning of the 20th century which revolutionized ship designDreadnought
Columbus' ships which he used to sail westward and eventually discovered the Americas.Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
The most famous of the Confederate ironclads that were built in British shipyards which attacked Union shipping.The Alabama (There were several of these raiders, after the war the British agreed to compensate the U.S. This was known as the Alabama Claims)
This ship was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915 after it left NY for BritainThe Lusitania
This battleship was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is now a memorial.The Arizona
This ship distinguished itself in the War of 1812 and is now a museum in Boston HarborThe U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides)
This ship was sunk in 1945 after delivering the atom bomb to the island of Tinian in the PacificIndianapolis (It is the largest loss of life from a single ship in American Naval History)
This ship carried the Pilgrims to what would become MassachusettsThe Mayflower
This was Hans Solo's ship in Star WarsMillenium Falcon
This ship was Captain Sisko's ship on Star Trek Deep Space 9The Defiant
This is the newest of the Star Trek franchise streaming on CBS.Discovery
The ship on the original Star Trek series which debuted in 1967Enterprise
This German ship from World War II was sunk in 1941, named for a former German chancellor who was responsible for uniting Germany in 1871. Also the capital of North Dakota.Bismark
This ship, named for an Italian admiral, collided with the Stockholm off of Nantucket in 1956.Andrea Doria
This oil tanker struck a reef and spilled its cargo off of Prince William Sound Alaska causing the world's worst oil spillThe Exxon Valdez
This Russian ship saw a mutiny of its crew in 1905 due to harsh conditions.The Potemkin


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