You might find this link with alll the Vette history interesting FB:
http://www.vettefever.com/index_003.htm

The Corvette was of course named after a small, maneuverable, and lightly armed vessel, which not only made sense because it is a sports car. After all, which man wouldn't want to ride around in something named after a war ship, right? Here's an image of one type of Corvette:
http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/ww_one/naval/images/asar-i-tevfik_as-completed.jpg