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In 1819, Congress declared the infamous slave trade to be piracy and, in response, the Navy established an _________ to search for these dealers in human misery |
African Slave Trade Patrol |
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In the decades leading up to the ______, USS Constitution, USS Constellation, and many other Navy ships relentlessly plied the waters off West Africa, South America, and the Cuban coast, capturing more than 100 suspected slavers |
Civil War |
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In more modern times, the "_______" of Patrol Squadron 16, flying out of Jacksonville, FL, played a vital role in the capture of 41 tons of cocaine, and USS Crommelin, working with USS Ticonderoga, intercepted a drug shipment of 72 bales of cocaine with an estimated street value of $36 million |
War Eagles |
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John Paul Jones, the most famous American naval hero during the Revolution and later recognized as the "father of the US Navy", left America after the war and became an admiral in the... |
Russian Navy |
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________ viewed a Navy as not only expensive but provocative and, when he became the nation's third president, oversaw the creation of an inexpensive fleet of defensive gunboats to guard the nation's shores |
Thomas Jefferson |
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With the end of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was disbanded. Under first President George Washington threats to American merchant shipping by Barbary pirates from four North African Muslim States, in the Mediterranean, led to the _______, which created a permanent standing U.S.Navy. |
Naval Act of 1794 |
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During the Quasi War with France (1798-1800), the frigate ________ defeated two French frigates in separate engagements, and other American ships, including the feisty little schooner Enterprise, managed to capture more than 80 French vessels of various sizes and descriptions |
Constellation |
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In the War of Tripoli (1801-____), a band of American Sailors and Marines led a daring raid into the enemy's home harbor that earned them respect throughout much of the war |
1805 |
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At the beginning of the War of 1812, the US had only _______ ships while the British had over 600, yet the Americans won a number of ship-to-ship battles that contributed to the favorable outcome of the war |
17 |
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One of the reasons for the US digging the Panama Canal in the early parts of the 20th century was to ... |
permit US warships to move rapidly from coast to coast and thereby deter a potential enemy from attacking our shores |
