On this date: the U.S. Navy is founded. Again. It's complicated…

(WHTM) — The U.S. Navy got started twice. The first time was on October 13, 1775, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for “a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns.” This was the beginning of the Continental Navy. Over the course of the Revolutionary War, this force fielded about 65 ships, […]

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