But the Navy has existed for 230 years – 248 years if you count the Continental Navy – and for ... Thanks to recent advances in anti-ship technologies, relatively cheap and low-tech equipment ...

To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...

in 1774 and was soon appointed to the Continental Navy. During the Revolutionary War, he commanded ships off the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean and in European seas, capturing and destroying ...