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15 Cards in this Set
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The event that eventually led to formation of the United States Navy occurred on what date?
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October 13, 1775
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During the revolutionary war and into the 19th century, the naval vessels were grouped into three major classes. They were?
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1. Ships of the line 64 to 100 guns
2. Frigates 28 to 44 guns 3. Sloops-of-war 10 to 20 guns |
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The name of the first warfare submarine was named what?
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The Turtle.
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This vessel had the distintion of being the first U.S. Navy Flagship and was the first to hoist the "Flag of Freedom".
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The Alfred
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The Alfred had was the first to hoist the " Flag of Freedom"
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John Paul Jones
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The USS Demologos was rechristened the USS Fulton in who's honor.
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Robert Fulton’s
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The Navy’s first warship to use steam.
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USS Demologos
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The_____ with France, 1798 - 1801, was entirely a naval war
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“Quasi War”
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On August 19, 1812, Captain Isaac Hull aboard the
USS Constitution defeated the British frigate Guerriere and the USS Constitution earned its nickname ____________. |
“Old Ironsides”
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.” was stated by who?
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On September 10, 1813, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British squadron on Lake Erie.
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Navy launched its first iron-hulled warship—the paddle sloop the __________?
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USS Michigan
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Referred to as the “Father of the Steam Navy.” was named.
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Commander Matthew Calbraith Perry, USN
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After the Revolutionary War, what was the next significant role of the U.S. Navy?
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War of 1812.
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List the two conflicts that the American Navy was involved in between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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Quasi War and the Barbary States War.
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Describe the event during the Barbary States War that Lord Nelson thought of as one of the most bold and daring acts of the age.
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Lieutenant Stephen Decatur and 84 seamen slipped into the harbor at Tripoli on February 16, 1804, and burned the captured frigate USS Philadelphia. Not a single American Sailor was lost.
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