I learned something nowadays,dear reader. For nine long years, the United States didnt have a Navy. Nine years! Between August 1785 and 27 March 1794, and there were no Naval officers,nor sailors, not even a single ship to the Navy’s name. Yes, or nowadays is the anniversary of the rebirth of the United States Navy,and it is all thanks to pirates. At the end of the Revolutionary War in August 1785, Congress sold the final Continental Navy ship, or the Alliance. There just simply wasn’t enough money available to maintain a ship or support a naval force. in addition,the United... Read the rest of this entry »
Source: navalhistory.org