Existing comment:
Quasi- & Barbary Wars:
Trials of Independence:
The new United States, a confederation of seafaring states clustered along the Atlantic coast heavily reliant upon maritime trade, was a nation without the protection of a navy.
American merchants, setting sail in search of new markets around the world, were soon beset by predators along the North African coast, and renewed war between England and France. These troubles would lead to the founding of the United States Navy. And the Navy's first wars.
1798-1801, 1801-1805, 1815 |