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IT WAS AN AGE OF WOODEN SAILING SHIPS.
A TIME OF MUSKETS AND LONG GUNS.
THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY WAS USHERED IN BY THE EXPLOSION OF COECIER CANNON IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
WHEN THE CONGRESS OF 1794 AUTHORIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX NEW FRIGATES TO DEFEND AMERICAN INTERESTS,
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT INFLUENCE THIS DECISION WOULD HAVE.
THOSE SIX FRIGATES WOULD NOT ONLY DEFEND SHIPPING, BUT THEIR ACTIONS WOULD INSPIRE A NATION TO
GIVE RISE TO HEROES SUCH AS TRUXTUN, ROGERS, HULL, AND DECATUR.
WHEN THE YOUNG UNITED STATES FOUND ITSELF IN A SECOND WORLD WAR WITH BRITAIN, THE RELATIVELY
SMALL U.S. NAVY FOUGHT AGAINST A FOE COMMANDING THE GREATEST NAVY THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN.
WATCH THE 1812 BICENTENNIAL COVERAGE ON DTS AND THE PENTAGON CHANNEL.