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| When was the US navy born? |
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| On 13OCT1775, the 2nd continental congress authorized the purchase of how many ships? |
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| Up until the 19th century, what 3 classes of us naval ships were there? |
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| ships of the line, frigates, and sloops of war |
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| What ships were used by the navy and the states to to capture enemy merchant ships? |
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| What was the name of the first warfare submarine? |
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| What ws the navys first flagship? |
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| Who built the 1st warfare sub? |
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| Who was the first country to recognize the american colonys as a struggling government with a 9 gun salute? |
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| Who said "struck sir, I have not yet begun to fight". |
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| What was the peak number of ships the continental navy reached that were operational at one time? |
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| How many merchant ships did the british loos during the revolutionary war? |
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| When was the department of the Navy established? |
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| What president established the DON? |
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| The entire naval war with france from 1798-1801 was known as what? |
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| The phrase "millions for defense and not a cent on tribute" came from what war? |
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| Who led 84 seamen into Tripoli and burned the captured ship USS Philedelphia on 16FEB1804? |
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| The USS constitution was nicknamed what? |
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| What war began when the British started forcing Americam seamen to serve in the british Navy? |
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| Who wrote the dispatch: we have met the enemy and they are ours? |
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| What was the Navys most important accomplishment in the 1st half of the 19th century? |
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| What was the name of the Navys 1st successful steam ship? |
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| When was the navys 1st steam ship first launched? |
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| What was the mexican american war primarily over? |
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| Name the 2 famed ironclads of the civil war? |
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| monitor (union)and the merrimack (confederate) |
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| How many crewmembers died on the CSS Hunleys maiden voyage? |
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| The 1st successful attack by a sub, sank what ship? |
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| What was the name of the first sub to complete an attack on a surface ship? |
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| Who gave the order "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". |
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| Who is considered the father of Naval Ordinance? |
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| What ship was labeled the 1st modern cruiser in the US fleet? |
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| What was the 1st torpedoe boat to join the fleet? |
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| What was the navys first gas powered sub? |
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| What was the major reason for the start of the spanish american war? |
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| Sinking of the USS Maine in Cuba |
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| Who gave the order: "You may fire when ready Gridley"? |
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| The battle of Manilla Bay was during what war? |
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| When did the navy accept its first operational sub? |
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| Name the 1st 2 subs to have diesal engines? |
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| The USS Skipjack and The USS Surgeon |
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| What was the name of the first CLASS Battleship? |
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| Where did the wright bros first flight take place? |
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| Eugene Ely successfully toke off and landed onboard a platform on what ship? |
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| Who was the navys first aviator? |
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| In 1917 the USS Nicholson and the USS Fanning werethe 1st to do what? |
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| When was the nurse corp officially established? |
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| Women were first enrolled into the navy as what? |
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