Hi!
The answer is a simile.
A simile is a comparison of two things using the words <em>like </em>or <em>as</em>.
"She gathered words to be used <em>as</em> weapons later"
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I believe it's an analogy due to USS Alabama is a monster as it is a monster to battle in war, 26 battles to be exact.
The answer is
Yet.
A coordinated conjuction is a word that joins or coordinates two senteces together, in this case the word yet is conectint he was but a child, and giving meaning to the whole sentece by conecting to he did so much for others, if you read it without the yet, the sentence looses force in the statement.
I cant see this it is too small can you do a bigger picture