United States Navy
The U.S. Navy is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the world’s largest aircraft carrier fleet. The Navy is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world. It played the central role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan.
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The U.S. Navy is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is the largest and most capable navy in the world. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the world’s largest aircraft carrier fleet. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, it is the third largest of the U. S. military service branches in terms of personnel. The Navy is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward deployments during peacetime and rapidly respond to regional crises. It played the central role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan. It maintains a sizable global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The Chief of Naval Operations is the most senior Navy officer serving in the Department of the Navy. The U. S. Navy’s five enduring functions are sea control, power projection, deterrence, maritime security, and sealift. It was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. In 1972, the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy was sold due to a lack of funds to maintain a navy or a support ship. In August 1785, after the Revolutionary War had drawn to a close, Congress had sold the last remaining ship in the Navy to the Continental Alliance. The Continental Navy achieved mixed results; it was successful in a number of engagements and raided many British merchant vessels, but it lost twenty-four of its vessels and at one point was reduced to two in active service.
In October 1775 Congress authorized the purchase of two vessels to be armed for cruise against British merchantmen; this is considered a resolution that created the first U. s. Navy. In the early stages of the American. Revolutionary War, Massachusetts had its own Massachusetts Naval Militia. The rationale for establishing a national navy was debated in the Second Continental Congress. Supporters argued that a navy would protect shipping, defend the coast, and make it easier to seek out support from foreign countries. It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. Would to Heaven we had a navy able to reform those enemies to mankind, or crush them into non-existence. The Navy was rooted in the colonial seafaring tradition, which produced a large community of sailors, captains, and shipbuilders. It emerged from World War Two as the most powerful navy inThe 21st century U. S. Navy maintains a sizeable global presence. It deploys in strength to the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans. It also has a presence in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. In June 2019, the Navy has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of June 2019.
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