Famous warships with history, glory, and legend – this criterion, if applied in the United States, would undoubtedly qualify the Missouri docked in Hawaii, and as a battleship that was once armed with nuclear shells, its deterrent power is certainly sufficient.
Even without resorting to this most renowned of American warships, its three sister ships and the numerous decommissioned ships preserved at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Pennsylvania would give the American people a suitable selection of vessels.
But for the United Kingdom, this is an embarrassingly difficult problem.
The United Kingdom once was not without famous warships, such as the old lady Warspite, which fought through World War I to World War II, the world's first aircraft carrier, the Hundred-Eyed Giant, and battleships like HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney from the Big Seven, and the King George V-class including HMS King George V, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Duke of York...
