2007-01-29 11:12:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
If you're speaking of the early Navy it was to protect our merchants and seaman from pirates basically. Keep open sea-lanes ensuring trade with all countries. j/s
Following an undeclared Quasi-War with France, the U.S. Navy saw substantial action in the War of 1812, where it defeated rival British frigates on more than one occasion and emerged victorious in freshwater battles at Lake Champlain and Lake Erie. However, the U.S. Navy was not strong enough to prevent the British from blockading American ports and landing troops at will. After the war, the U.S. Navy again focused its attention on protecting American shipping assets, sending squadrons to the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, South America, Africa, and the Pacific. 1.
2007-01-29 11:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lionel, the missile sub sailor ssbn598 ( SSBN 598, USS George Washington) is right...what time are you asking about? For example, in the last 20 years, the Navy has been cut almost in half, from almost 600 ships under Reagan/Bush Sr to about 335 today that Bush Jr inherited from Clinton's years.......
2007-01-29 23:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lionel, we need more information. What period are we talking about? Before WW I? During WW I? Between the great wars? During WW II? After WW II?
2007-01-29 11:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by ssbn598 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the draft starts when?
2007-01-29 11:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by dredogg024 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋