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  2. United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the world's most powerful navy and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021 [9] and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined ...

  3. History of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    History of the United States Navy. USS United States, the first of the original six frigates of the United States Navy, seen here defeating HMS Macedonian in battle, before taking her as a prize during the War of 1812. USS Gerald R. Ford, as of 2018, is the US Navy's latest and most advanced nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and the largest ...

  4. Military history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The old sailing ships were replaced by modern steel battleships, bringing them in line with the navies of Britain and Germany. In 1907, most of the Navy's battleships, with several support vessels, dubbed the Great White Fleet , were featured in a 14-month circumnavigation of the world.

  5. Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese Navy is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world, with origins in the 12th century. The Spanish Armada fighting the English navy at the Battle of Gravelines in 1588 British and Danish navies in the line of battle at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) A flotilla from the Indian Navy's Western Fleet escorts the aircraft carriers INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya through the ...

  6. History of United States Navy ratings - Wikipedia

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    Specific rating icon will normally be shown under the perched eagle (that is a rating badge of a Boatswains Mate). The History of the United States Navy ratings spans more than 200 years of U.S. history from the United Colonies of the 1775 era to the current age of the 21st century United States Navy. Navy ratings in America were first created ...

  7. Structure of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Per sections 8001(a)(2), 8061, 8061(4), and 8063 of title 10, U.S. Code, the United States Marine Corps is (1) a separate branch of the naval service from the U.S. Navy; (2) the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Navy are distinct legal entities; (3) is, along with the U.S. Navy (and U.S. Coast Guard, when assigned) a component of the ...

  8. United States Navy Birthday - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy Birthday is an annual celebratory ball and ceremony held by the Navy League of the United States (NLUS) in Washington, D.C., and in other cities around the world. The United States Navy celebration is always on October 13, the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution to establish a navy in 1775. [ 1 ]

  9. United States Secretary of the Navy - Wikipedia

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    www.secnav.navy.mil. The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer (10 U.S.C. § 8013) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years removed from active military service.