"Best Ship You Never Heard Of" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 Jan 2025 6:28 p.m. PST |
Benjamin Stoddert was desperate for ships. In fact, Stoddert— who took office under President John Adams in 1798 as the very first Secretary of the Navy—was desperate for everything. French men-of-war were attacking American merchant ships in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea in what came to be known as the Quasi-War. The Navy suddenly came into existence, and Stoddert needed ships, sailors, guns, powder, supplies, bases—the list just kept going. To solve the ship problem, he began a pattern that would stretch across the 19th century: He looked to existing merchant vessels and other civilian designs that could be converted to wartime use… Naval History magazine: link |
| 21eRegt | 11 Jan 2025 6:11 p.m. PST |
Nice article. I learned something. |
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