Our Navy is the most powerful in the world today. The Navy came around in 1775. The deceleration of Independent actually came after the Navy and that was nine months after the Navy was started. For people that want to know exactly how long the Navy has been around, it recently turned 242 years old.
U.S. Navy Birthday
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