Basic Military Requirements

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U. S. NAVAL BIRTHDAY

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13 OCT 1775

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CRUISERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY CARRIED 28 TO 44 GUNS.

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FRIGATES

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SMALL SAILING WARSHIPS WITH 10 TO 20 GUNS.

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SLOOPS-OF-WAR

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COMMISSIONED TO CAPTURE ENEMY MERCHANT SHIPS AS PRIZES FO WAR.

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PRIVATEERS

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FIRST WARFARE SUBMARINE.

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TURTLE

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FIRST RECORDED INSTANCE OF AN ANTISUBMARINE ATTACK.

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THE TURTLE WAS FINALLY SUNK BY THE BRITISH IN THE NY HARBOR

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NAVY'S FIRST FLAG SHIP.

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USS ALFRED

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FIRST U. S. NAVAL VESSEL ON WHICH "THE FLAG OF FREEDOM" WAS HOISTED BY JOHN PAUL JONES.

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USS ALFRED

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FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF

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ESEK HOPKINS

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SERVES AS FIRST LIEUTENANT ABOARD THE USS ALFRED.

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JOHN PAUL JONES

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FIRST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY THE AMERICAN NAVY AND MARINES.

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ESEK HOPKINS RAID ON NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND

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THIS SHIP WAS CAPTURED AND WENT ON TO SERVE ON THE ENEMY'S SIDE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAS LATER RENAMED THE IRIS.

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HANCOCK

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ONE OF THE ORIGIANL 13 FRIGATES BUILT FOR THE CONTINENTAL NAVY.

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USS TRUMBULL

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SKIPPER OF THE US RANGER

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JOHN PAUL JONES

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FATHER OF OUR HIGHEST NAVAL TRADITIONS, REPRESENTS THE SEAMAN, LEADER, OFFICER AND GENTLEMEN AT THEIR BEST.

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JOHN PAUL JONES

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FIRST FOREIGN POWERS TO RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLING GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES.

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FRANCE

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REPLIED, STRUCK, SIR? I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT?

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JOHN PAUL JONES

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THIS SHIP HELP RID THE MEDITERRANEAN OF THE BARBARY PIRATES.

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USS CONSTITUTION

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AMERICA'S FIRST TWO WARS WITH GREAT BRITIAN.

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REVOULTIONARY WAR AND THE WAR OF 1812

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THIS WAR WAS WITH FRANCE BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO RECEIVE U. S. REPRESENTATIVES UNLESS A BRIBE WAS PAID AND A LOAN GRANTED.

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THE QUASI WAR

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THE FAMOUS EXPRESSION "MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE, BUT NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE" ORIGINATED AT THIS TIME.

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THE QUASI WAR

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BRITIAN'S ADMIRAL LORD NELSON DESCRIBED THE RAID AS "ONE OF THE MOST BOLD AND AND DARING ACTS THE AGE."

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BARBARY STATES WAR

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THIS WAR ORIGINATED AS A RESULT BECAUSE THE BARBARY STATES WERE FORCING NATIONS TO PAY RANSOM FOR SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

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BARBARY STATES WAR

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DURING THE BARBARY STATE WAR HE LED 84 SEAMEN INTO TRIPOLI HARBOR AND BURNED THE CAPTURE AMERICAN FRIGATE.

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LT STEPHEN DECATUR

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DURING THIS WAR THE BRITISH WERE IMPRESSING (FORCING AMERICANS TO SERVE IN THE BRITISH NAVY) AMERICAN SEAMEN.

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WAR OF 1812

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DURING THIS WAR THE USS PHILADELPHIA AND BURNED.

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USS BARBARY STATES WAR

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DURING THIS WAR CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL ABOARD THE USS CONSTITU T ION DEFEATED THE BRITISH FRIGATE GUERRIERE AND THE USS CONSTITUTION EARNED ITS NICKNAME "OLD IRONSIDES".

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USS BARBARY STATES WAR

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OUR FIRST SHIP OF THE LINE.

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USS INDEPENDENCE

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SAID "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS."

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CAPTAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY

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DURING THIS WAR, CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL, ABOARD THE USS CONSTITUTION, DEFEATED THE BRITISH FRIGATE GUERRIERE.

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WAR OF 1812

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MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURFACE NAVY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

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HARNESSING THE POWER OF STEAM

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SUCCESSFULLY USED STEAM TO POWER A COMMERCIAL STEAMBOAT.

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ROBERT FULTON

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NAVY'S FIRST WARSHIP TO USE STEAM

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USS DEMOLOGOS

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THE LARGEST OF AMERICA'S SHIPS-OF-THE LINE-

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USS PENNSYLVANIA

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FIRST OCEAN-GOING, STEAM DRIVEN CAPITAL SHIPS

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USS MISSOUI AND USS MISSIPPI

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FIRST IRON HULLED WARSHIP

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THE PADDLE SLOOP USS MICHIGAN

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FATHER OF THE STEAM NAVY

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MATTHEW C. PERRY

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NAVY'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL STEAMSHIP.

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USS PRINCETON

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VISITED THE SUBPOLAR REGION AND PROVED CONCLUSIVELY THAT THE ICY LAND WAS, IN FACT, A CONTINENT.

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LT CHARLES WILKES

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PRIMARILY A LAND WAR.

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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

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FIRST SCALE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION IN U. S. MILITARY HISTORY-THE LANDING OF SOME 10,000 U.S S. TROOPS AT VERA CRUZ.

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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

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DURING THIS WAR THE U. S. NAVY BLOCKADED PORT CITIES IN THE GULD AND PROVIDED PROTECTIVE ACTION BY THE "MOSQUITO FLEET"

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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

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HE SIGNED A TREATY WITH JAPAN WHICH OPENED JAPAN'S PORT TO AMERICAN TRADE AND PROVISIONING OF SHIPS.

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COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY

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THE TWO FAMED IRON CLADS

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USSS MERRIMACK (RENAMED THE VIRGINIA) AND THE USS MONITOR (CALLED A CHEESE BOX ON A RAFT)

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FIRST TRUE SUBMARINE ATTACK IN NAAL HISTORY.

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CSS HUNLEY ATTACKED THE USS HOUSATONIC

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THE NAVY'S FIRST ADMIRAL.

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DAVID FARRAGUT

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FATHER OF MODERN NAVAL ORDNANCE

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JOHN DALHGREN

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GAVE THE FAMOUS ORDER :DAMN THE TORPEDOS! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

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DAVID FARRAGUT

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DURING THIS BATTLE ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT GAVE THE FAMOUS ORDER "DAMN THE TORPEDOS! FULL SPEED AHEAD!"

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BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY

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HE DEFINED SEA POWER; SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING NAVAL NEEDS; AND ADVOCATED A LOARGE, POWERFUL NAVY CAPABLE OF ASSEMBLING AN OVERWHELMING FORCE TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY'S NAVY.

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ALFRED T. MAHAN

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LABELED THE FIRST MODERN CRUISER OF THE US FLEET.

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USS NEWARK

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LED THE DESIGN OF OUR PRESENT DAY DESTROYERS.

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USS TRUXTUM

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REMEMBER THE MAIN BEACE OUR BATTLE CRY DURING THIS WAR.

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

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DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR HE STEAMED INTO THE MANILA BAY AND ORDERED "YOU MAY FIRE WHEN YOU ARE READY, GRIDLEY."

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COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY

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FIRST OPERATIONAL SUBMARINE

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USSHOLLAND

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FIRST DIESEL ENGINES WERE INSTALLED IN THE

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USS SKIPJACK AND USS STUREON

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OUR FIRST "FIRST-CLASS" BATTLESHIP

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USS INDIANA

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THE NAVY'S FIRST AVIATOR WHO FLEW AND SELIVERED THE NAVY'S FIRST AIRPLANE, THE A-1.

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LT T. G. ELLYSON

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FIRST OF THE BATTLESHIPS TO USE OIL

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USS NEVADA

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THIS WAR RESULTED AS A DISPUTE ABOUT CUBAN INDEPENDENCE

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR