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Because of the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
The USS Arizona, USS California, USS Oaklahoma( these are the battleships) and the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier. The are the World's famous warships ever built but not around anymore.
5. The USS Atik, the USS Asterion, the USS Big Horn, The USS Captor, and the USS Irene Forstyle.
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 Arizona, USS Utah, and USS Oklahoma are still on the bottom. However, the battleships USS Pennsylvania, USS New York, USS Nevada, and USS Arkansas are also on the bottom...sunk as targets after the war.
The attack on Pearl harbor did indeed bring US to the war. USS California USS Maryland USS Oklahoma USS Tennessee USS West Virginia USS Arizona USS Nevada USS Pennsylvania
USS Samuel B. Roberts, USS Tripoli, and the USS Princeton; I am sure there are more, but that's a start.
The USS RANDOLPH earned three battle stars for World War II service.
USS Hornet served only in the second world war. The CV-8 and the CV-12.
uss constitution
uss Mississippi
The USS Missouri, a US battleship from the war.