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  2. 4 days ago · After a contentious debate, Congress passed the Naval Armament Act on March 27, 1794, authorizing construction of six frigates (to be built by Joshua Humphreys). These ships were the first ships of what eventually became the present-day United States Navy .

  3. May 30, 2024 · President George Washington’s administration requested Congress pass the Naval Act of 1794 creating a standing U.S. naval force and authorization to build six frigates. Frigates are smaller ships built for speed and maneuverability and used for patrol or escorts for larger ships.

  4. May 22, 2024 · With the Naval Act of 1794, Congress commissioned the creation of six warships. Soon after its reactivation, it was critical to the success of the United States during the Second Barbary War, the Quasi-War, and the War of 1812.

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  5. 1 day ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed

  6. May 27, 2024 · The USS Constitution was one of six frigates authorized by the Naval Act of 1794, which aimed to protect American merchant ships from Barbary pirates and other threats in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War.

  7. 2 days ago · While his relationship with Washington would remain friendly, Washington's relationship with his Secretary of War Henry Knox deteriorated after rumors that Knox had profited from contracts for the construction of U.S. frigates which had been commissioned under the Naval Act of 1794 in order to combat Barbary pirates, forcing Knox to resign.

  8. May 17, 2024 · General George Washington sought to defend New York from capture by British forces but lost what became known as the Battle of Long Island (alternately known as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights). It was the first major defeat following the declartion of Independece by the Continential Congress.