The Story Of Our Navy For Young Americans From Colonial Days To The Present Time Classic Reprint

Author : George W. Baird
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666264312
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book The Father of the American Navy (Classic Reprint) written by George W. Baird and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Father of the American Navy The Original, Colonial, Navy which existed during the time of the Colonies, was dismantled, crews discharged and officers mus tered out, at the termination of the Revolutionary war, for want of money to continue it. Only one officer (john Paul Jones) was continued in the Government employ, as American Commissioner at l'oriente, France, to settle the very complicated tangle of ownership, prize claims, etc., as some of the ships were letter-oi marque, some privateers and some men of war, but nearly all had mixed American and French crews. These vessels had won about 80 per cent of their battles, and there were as many as men in them. Washington's Army never numbered more than at one time. 'inithe original Colonial Navy there were 42 Captains, of whom the senior was Eseck Hopkins of Rhode Island, who was appointed Commander in Chief, with rank equal to that of General Washington. He was the brother of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of théf Declaration of Independence, and native born. His admirers speak of him as Father of the American Navy, and though there is a distinction between the Colonial Navy and the U. S. Navy they were equally American. Columbus is credited with the Discovery of America, though he never saw the continent, but did discover the Bahamas and Antilles, and thus blazed the way for the following discoverers. But, in the Naval Service, we have held that Congress was the Father of the Navy, and not any individual. The first Regulations for the Navy were pre pared by John Paul Jones, when a first lieutenant. His youth, evidently, prevented his appointment as Captain at once. But his success as a fighter and his general superiority, mentally, diplo matically, personally, won his promotion to Captain very soon. And his admirers call him the Father of the American Navy. It has been generally conceded that the victories of John Paul Jones, right at the ports of the enemy, and against such odds, have much to do with the early recognition of the Republic. We cannot dis cover that any British Historian, nor foreign reports, have noticed any of our Naval Commanders except John Paul Jones and Abra ham Whipple. The prowess of the British Navy, at that time, was considered to be invincible: no war vessel dared fight a British ship on anything like equal terms. So it was a surprise that Captain Jones should bring a fight right up to their ports, in inferior vessels, and against regularly built Men of War, and twice was victor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.