One of the most unique ways that the Battle of Antietam has been commemorated is the naming of U.S. Navy ships after the battle. Ships have been named for Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and there have been at least three ships named Antietam.

This ship's bell is from the U.S.S. Antietam, CV-36, a Navy Aircraft Carrier. Commissioned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1945, the carrier weighed over 27,000 tons and was over 880 feet long. The ship had a crew of about 2,800 sailors and was America's first angled-deck aircraft carrier. This U.S.S. Antietam served until retirement in 1963, seeing its most active service during the Korean Conflict.

Even after retirement, the steel from the ship still serves America. Over 500 tons of armor plating was removed and is used for peaceful atomic research. A sword of the Navy's fleet was turned into the plowshares of nuclear science.

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The Maryland Campaign of 1862
Twentieth Regiment
A Savage Continual Thunder
A Converging Storm of Iron
3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry
Model 1841 6-Pounder Gun
Model 1857 12-Pounder Gun-Howitzer
Twelfth Army Corps
Lee's Artillery Battalion
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle

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