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Restoring readiness, increasing lethality, building capacity.
Phrases like these read off like the bullet points to a new and futuristic naval strategy.
But in reality, these concepts are a return to our naval roots.
Some three months before President Washington signed the Naval Act of 1794 into law ─ the act authorizing the construction of the Navy’s first six frigates ─ Congress passed a resolution to establish with haste a national navy that could protect U.S. commercial vessels from attacks by Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean and nearby Atlantic waters.
The resolution passed narrowly ─ 46 to 44 ─ and resulted in the creation of a nine-man committee to study issues of naval buildup, especially cost and size. On 6 February 1794, the committee recommended four 44-gunships and two 20-gun ships.
In this video, we examine the circumstances surrounding the Naval Act of 1794 and its lasting impact on the Navy today.
| Date Taken: | 03.26.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2019 18:57 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 667993 |
| VIRIN: | 190326-N-OV434-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_106576441 |
| Length: | 00:05:23 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 24 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 24 |
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