New Navy of the United States - Doc
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New Navy of the United States - Doc
Added on 2020-04-21
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Running head: NEW NAVYNew NavyName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note
NEW NAVY1United States of America’s old navy was comprised of battleships with old design in1882. It was 1883, when congress gave approval to three protected cruisers, USS Chicago,USS Boston and USS Atlanta. Modernization also had considerable effort on the project thatcontributed in the next generation battleships. Hence, it gave birth to America’s new steelnavy that changed the face of U.S. navy. It was due to the incompatibility of the incompatibility of the U.S.’s old navy shipsthat were outdated. America’s civil war left the American navy with 6,000 men and ironcladships. This led the congress to take decision on making modern ships that will be compatiblein the battlefield (Bradford). William H. Hunt, the secretary of the navy appointed Admiral John Rodger in 1881 tocalculated the need for new warships. He came up with the requirement of 68 modern vesselswith a cost estimation of $29,607,000. The congress hesitated, rejected the proposal, andfunded for the three modern cruiser ships, which brought success to U.S. navy and laterconvinced the congress about the need of modern warships (Bradford).This decision changed the face of U.S. navy forever and by 20th century, it rankedfifth around the world compared to their twelfth place in the year 1970. The New Navy ofUnited States helped them wining the 1898 battle against Spanish and continued to buildmore ships with modern design. By the end of World War I, the size of U.S. navy exceededthe size of British Royal Navy (Bradford).However, according to (Mott) the civil war destroyed the U.S. navy and it wasincompatible to continue its further venture that lead the congress to consider to rebuild thenavy. The author deducted another reason that was the influence of navy secretary WilliamH. Hunt. He requested the congress to approve the budget for building new generation
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