JANET'S WORLD: HER THOUGHTS FOR TODAY,10/14/18 - FORGE BY THE SEA (HAPPY BIRTHDAY US NAVY)

Janet Varney

 JANETS WORLD:

FORGE BY THE SEA

On 13 October 1775, the Navy was established by a resolution of the Continental Congress. The theme for this year's celebration is Forged By The Sea. October 13, 2018, is the Navy’s 243^rd birthday.

In the early days of the American Revolution, on October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could attack British commerce and offset British sea power.

The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that was also notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy", the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s and made it the largest in the world by the 1920s.

Under President John Adams 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. The original six frigates were authorized as part of the Act.

The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. It was disbanded in 1784, but the harassment of U.S. merchant ships by Barbary pirates prompted Congress to establish the Department of the Navy in 1798. the US naval was founded in the year of 1845.

The early Continental navy was designed to work with privateers to wage tactical raids against the transports that supplied British forces in North America. To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or in pairs, hunting British commerce ships and transports.

Two years after the end of the war, the money-poor Congress sold off the last ship of the Continental Navy, the frigate Alliance. But with the expansion of trade and shipping in the 1790s, the possibility of attacks of European powers and pirates increased, and in March 1794 Congress responded by calling for the construction of a half-dozen frigates, The United States Navy was here to stay.

With thousands of ships and aircraft serving worldwide, the U.S. Navy is a force to be reckoned with. Below are just some of the Navy's notable accomplishments over the past two centuries:

The first use of submarines: While the Navy's first commissioned designs for a submarine were handed over in 1875, it wasn't until 1898 that the first Holland submarine-launched successfully.

1. The first use of modern battleships: While America had battleships before the 1908 South Carolina class dreadnought, which started with the USS Michigan and was based on British ships, these were the first in the new era of battleships.
2. The first use of Naval aircraft: In 1911, the U.S. Navy bought its first airplane, the Curtiss A-1 Triad.
3. First aircraft carrier: The first flight from the deck of a U.S. Navy cruiser in 1910 led to the 1927 Lexington-class aircraft carriers, the first operational aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy.
4. The first use of Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat: Introduced in 1992, these rubber boats were originally meant for lifeboats in the 1960s, but the Navy now uses them for SEALs due to their lightweight, high speed, all-weather specifications.

 The Navy Cross is the second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat. There have been 5 who have received this distinguished award. These heroes saved numerous lives without regard to their own safety.

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So Semper Fortis and we celebrate your service for our country,

By Janet Varney And Janet Varney's America

  

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