The names of special aircraft are italicized.
The airplane Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
The spacecraft Challenger exploded soon after liftoff.
Name of ocean vessels are also italicized.
The U.S.S. battleship Arizona was attacked in Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
The Titanic struck an iceberg and sank while on its maiden voyage in 1912.
Italicize the names of aircraft and ocean vessels.
▶Now you try it. Find the name in this sentence that should be italicized: The USS Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the United States. Did you figure it out? Good for you!