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Continental navy
This is the beginning of our great Navy. Started in 1775 to slow down the Royal Navy attacking from Cananda. This is the USS Constitution oldest commissioned warship afloat.
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Early Disarmament
Early congress wanted to disestablish the Navy. They wanted to get rid of the navy for the following reasons; change of goals from war to peace, more domestic and fewer foreign interests.
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Naval act of 1794
The Navy built 3 ships but originally had 6 slated to be finished. At the end they only built 3 for the Navy.
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War of 1812
The U.S, Navy and the Royal Navy's battled in the war. It was started becuase the Royal NAvy would stop U.S. ships so they could check for british citizens. They really wanted to press U.S. sailors into the Royal Navy.
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Opening of Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy was created in Annapolis, Maryland for Naval officers to get same level of training as Army officers at West Point about Naval Warfare.
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Civil war
During the civil war our Navy split up into two the U,S. Navy and the C.S. Navy. One of the battles was in Corpus Christi bay of Corpus Christi, Texas. The battle lasted 6 days and teh U.S , won a tactical victory.
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Decline of the Navy again
After the Civil war our country started to downsize the Navy again. The citizens believed that we again don't need a Navy becasue the cost outwieghs the benefits.
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The New Navy
Navy starting to build up after the disarming period ends, By 1898 the U.S Navy had over 200 types of battle ships.
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Spanish–American War
The Asiatic Squadron, under the command of George Dewey, immediately left Hong Kong for the Philippines, attacking and decisively defeating the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay.
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Great White Fleet
Theodore Roosevelt become President in 1901 and keep the Navy as one of the best in the world.
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WWI
During World War I, the Navy was the first branch of the United States armed forces to allow enlistment by women in a non-nursing capacity, as Yeoman.
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Retrenchment and Expansion
We started building Aircraft CarrierS and cruisers to help solidify our navy. !922 the First Aircraft carrier was commissioned.
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Pearl Harbor attacked
On Dec the 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese planes from an aircraft carrier.
"I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, upon learning of the success of the attack on Pearl Harbor
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End of WWII
Unconditional surrender of the Japanese to end WWII on board the USS Missouri.
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Korean War
The war between North and South Korea which a peace treaty was never signed we are still feeling the effects today. The main job of the Navy during the Korean war was to help the Army that was on land by firing its guns towards enemies on land.
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Vietnam War
The U.S. Navy and its involvement in the Vietnam war was a different one from others. We used blue water the ships from the blue water navy to bomb the inlands and the brown water navy helped control the rivers in Vietnam.
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Cold War
During the Cold War President Reagon wanted the Naval fleet to have 600 ships. We never achieved that stoping at 588 in 1988. The cold war lead to the creation of the supercarrier.
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Global war on terrorism.
Today the US Navy has numerous responsibilities. From sending IA to boots on ground missions to various others around the world.
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