Happy Birthday US Navy
By Damon McCullar
It was on this date in 1775 that the Continental Congress authorized:
the procurement, fitting out, manning, and dispatch of two armed vessels to cruise in search of munitions ships supplying the British Army in America. The legislation also established a Naval Committee to supervise the work. All together, the Continental Navy numbered some fifty ships over the course of the war, with approximately twenty warships active at its maximum strength.
Happy 230th birthday US Navy. You don't look a day over 223. Go Navy, Beat Army!
Posted by Damon McCullar at October 13, 2005 06:34 PM
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