Anchors Aweigh!! Happy Birthday U.S.Navy!

Terry O'Keefe · Oct 13, 2014

Today is the 239th birthday of the United States Navy.

Under President George Washington threats to American merchant shipping by pirates in the Mediterranean led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created a permanent standing U.S. Navy. Six frigates were authorized as part of the Act.

Over the next 20 years, the Navy fought the French Navy in the Quasi-War (1798–99), Barbary states in the First and Second Barbary Wars, and the British in the War of 1812. After the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy was at peace until the Mexican-American war in 1846, and served to combat piracy in the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas, as well fighting the slave trade.

In 1845, the Naval Academy was founded. In 1861, the American Civil War began and the U.S. Navy fought the small Confederate Navy with both sailing ships and ironclad ships while forming a blockade that shut down the Confederacy's civilian shipping. After the Civil war, most of the ships were laid up in reserve, and by 1878, the Navy was just 6,000 men.
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http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/US-Navy-Celebrates-239th-Birthday-2014-10-12

“Non sibi sed patriae” – “Not for Self but Country”

Sid · Oct 13, 2014

Happy 239th birthday, Navy!

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