Us Navy Importance

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." by Commodore George Dewey. On October 13, 1775 America’s Navy was born. The navy has contributed greatly to the United States, being involved in over ten prodigious wars and countless battles. Their efforts to bring peace, security, democracy, and prosperity to America is well recognized. They have helped America move forward through both action and revolution, and has been a helping hand to those in need internationally. (“History of the U.S. Navy Timeline”, Web; “Naval History and Heritage Command”, Web).
The United States Navy was formed during the revolutionary war. The first navy was the Rhode Island Navy in which created on June 12, 1775. Although that was the first U.S. navy, congress did not establish the official Continental Navy until October 13, 1775. During the revolutionary war, war ships were created in order to one of the following: interrupt the flow of British personnel and goods, defend ports, or fight the enemy ships (British) at sea. After this war congress established the Naval Act on March 27, 1794. In this act congress set aside money in order to build six frigates (warship with a mixed armament). After three frigates were built- Constellation, Constitution and United States- they nearly used up the entire budget that the navy was given. On April 30, 1798 the Department of War was in charge of the Navy during the Quasi War and created the Department of the Navy. Benjamin Stoddert was the Navy’s first secretary, in which he led a group that watched operations in the West Indies
Going through rough starts and even some rough endings, the navy made it through stronger than ever. Without the navy, the United States would not have made it through as one strong