CREATION OF THE US NAVY
- John Adams is known as the father of the Navy.
- He was involved in a Naval force long before he became President.
- At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was part of the Continental Congress.
- During that time he sponsored legislation for the creation of Armed Vessels and a creation of a Maritime Committee to oversee the new Navy.
- He also wrote the first Naval regulations, and when he became President he established the department of the Navy and authorized a peacetime Navy.
- Even when the next President Thomas Jefferson ignored the Navy and allowed it to be weakened. Adams continued to be an supporter.
- He worked with a publisher to write a book about the Navy and to support it.
- The United States Navy was established on October 13th, 1775.
- The department of the Navy was established by Congress under John Adams as President in April of 1798.
- John Adams is known as the father of the Navy.
- He was involved in a Naval force long before he became President.
- At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was part of the Continental Congress.
- During that time he sponsored legislation for the creation of Armed Vessels and a creation of a Maritime Committee to oversee the new Navy.
- He also wrote the first Naval regulations, and when he became President he established the department of the Navy and authorized a peacetime Navy.
- Even when the next President Thomas Jefferson ignored the Navy and allowed it to be weakened. Adams continued to be an supporter.
- He worked with a publisher to write a book about the Navy and to support it.
- The United States Navy was established on October 13th, 1775.
- The department of the Navy was established by Congress under John Adams as President in April of 1798.