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Mar 20, 2019 · On 27 March 1794, Congress easily passed the “Act to provide a Naval Armament,” which promised the president six frigates, the new Navy’s first ships of war: United States (launched...
Approved, March 27, 1794. Whereas the depredations committed by the Algerine corsairs on the commerce of the United States render it necessary that a naval force should be provided for its protection: Section 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ...
The Act to Provide a Naval Armament (Sess. 1, ch. 12, 1 Stat. 350 ), also known as the Naval Act of 1794, or simply, the Naval Act, was passed by the 3rd United States Congress on March 27, 1794, and signed into law by President George Washington. [1] The act authorized the construction of six frigates at a total cost of $688,888.82.
Mar 24, 2022 · Signed by President George Washington on March 27, 1794, the act allowed for the purchase or building of six warships, thereby establishing the U.S. Navy to defend the vital trade of the American merchant fleet in oceans around the world.
Aug 15, 2016 · In March of 1794, the House of Representatives and the Senate passed the "Act to provide a Naval Armament." It authorized the President to acquire six frigates, four of 44 guns each and two of 36 guns each, by purchase or otherwise. In addition, it specified how many crew members would be necessary and what their pay and daily rations would be.
27 March 1794: President George Washington signed the Naval Act of 1794 into law, authorizing the construction of the U.S. Navy’s six original frigates to protect U.S. commercial...
Mar 27, 2019 · It should come as no surprise then that on March 27th, 1794 Washington himself signed the law that set in motion the reestablishment of our Navy following the American Revolutionary War: the Act to Provide a Naval Armament. When Washington signed that law, it authorized the creation of six frigates to protect America from "the depredations ...
