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The Department of the Navy was established on 30 April 1798. Note that there was a Navy during the War for Independence, it was established by the Continental Congress on 13 October 1775. That date is observed as the "official" Navy Birthday. That forefather of the Department of the Navy was effectively disbanded at the end of the war. All of the remaining naval ships were sold off and the personnel sent home.
They made a program to strengthen our armed forces and set up a Navy department in April 1798.
got shot
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they supported the armies by shooting down the ships and sending goods
Rome got its first navy by attacking Carthage and starting a great war
This was the XYZ Affair of 1798. The revelation was made by President John Adams, after which the US Congress ordered the US Navy rebuilt for the Quasi-War with France (1798-1800).
the Gallpoli war stared in 1798
A shooting war.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War happened in 1798.
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Both were against communist aggression. The cold war was no shooting; Vietnam was shooting.