Historia Naval de España

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗬 On July 5, 1801, David Glasgow Farragut was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, beginning the life of the man who would become one of the greatest naval leaders in American history. Entering the U.S. Navy as a boy, Farragut

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗬 On June 18, 1798, Benjamin Stoddert was sworn in as the first Secretary of the Navy, taking command of a service that was largely on paper. During the Quasi-War, threats from French privateers increased, and Stoddert