This day in history, Oct

[old salt]

1775 First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet.

[Patocazador]

1775 First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet.

Which they never did. Old Ironsides, the US Constitution, was built after the war and served in the War of 1812. The so-called US Navy bought or begged ships from France while all of the US commandeered ships lay in port, trapped there by the British Navy. The Bonhomme Richard was a re-commissioned French ship named in honor of Benjamin Franklin and captained by John Paul Jones. It fought one significant battle off the coast of England and was sunk.

[beowulf]

1775 First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet.

Which they never did. Old Ironsides, the US Constitution, was built after the war and served in the War of 1812. The so-called US Navy bought or begged ships from France while all of the US commandeered ships lay in port, trapped there by the British Navy. The Bonhomme Richard was a re-commissioned French ship named in honor of Benjamin Franklin and captained by John Paul Jones. It fought one significant battle off the coast of England and was sunk.

with a start like that ,it could only get better ! I`d say we`ve come a long way !  BABY!