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Main page   Categories   Tasks and Projects edit   The United States Navy Portal The United States Navy (USN) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. Its stated mission is "to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas." The U.S. Navy currently has nearly 500,000 personnel on active duty or in the Navy Reserve and operates 278 ships in active service and more than 4,000 aircraft. The U.S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was disbanded in 1790. The United States Constitution, though, provided the legal basis for a seaborne military force by giving Congress the power "to provide and maintain a navy." Depredations against American shipping by Barbary Coast corsairs spurred Congress to employ this power in 1794 by passing the Naval Act of 1794 ordering the construction and manning of six frigates. The U.S. Navy came into international prominence in the 20th century, especially during World War II. Operating in both the European and Pacific theaters, it was a part of the conflict from the onset of American military involvement from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Japan's official surrender aboard the USS Missouri. The U.S. Navy had a role in the subsequent Cold War, in which it evolved into a nuclear deterrent and crisis response force while preparing for a possible global war with the Soviet Union. The 21st-century U.S. Navy maintains a sizeable presence in the world, deploying in such areas as East Asia, Southern Europe, and the Middle East. Its ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward areas during peacetime, and rapidly respond to regional crises makes it an active player in American foreign and defence policy. More about the USN... edit   U.S. Navy News The craft used by the suspected pirates floats in front of the USS Ashland Piracy charges dismissed by judge Original articles by Steve Szkotak, The Associated Press. Summary: Piracy charges against six Somali's accused of attacking the USS Ashland were dismissed Tuesday after the judge ruled that the U.S. government failed to make a case for piracy. Defense attorneys had argued that the men did not seize or rob the Ashland and therefore not committed piracy. The six were accused of attacking the Ashland, which was destroyed by 25mm fire from Ashland. Seven lesser charges have not been ruled upon. The men claim only to have been ferrying refugees. Source: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/08/ap-navy-ashland-piracy-charges-dropped-081710/ News Archive edit   Featured article USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships; her sister ship was Oklahoma. Nevada was a giant leap forward in dreadnought technology, as she showcased four new features that would be included on almost every subsequent U.S. battleship: gun turrets with three guns, anti-aircraft guns, oil in place of coal for fuel, and the "all or nothing" armor principle. All of these new features resulted in Nevada becoming the first U.S. Navy "super-dreadnought". Nevada served in both of the World Wars: during World War I, Nevada was based in Bantry Bay, Ireland, for the last few months of the war to support the supply convoys that were sailing to and from Great Britain. In World War II, she was one of the battleships that were trapped when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Subsequently salvaged and modernized at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Nevada served in four amphibious assaults: the Normandy Landings and the invasions of Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. At the end of World War II, the Navy decided that Nevada was too old to be retained in the post-war fleet, so they assigned her to be a target ship in the Bikini atomic experiments of July 1946. After being hit by two atomic bombs, she was still afloat but heavily damaged and radioactive. She was sunk during naval gunfire exercise in 1948. edit   Selected picture The Blue Angels during a performance. Photo Credit:User:Alkivar edit   Equipment The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft that entered service in 1999 with the United States Navy. It is a larger and more advanced development of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. edit   Quotes "Any healthy organization can survive individual divergencies, and may even profit from them. Compulsory unification of opinion can only achieve the unanimity of the graveyard." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover edit   Selected biography William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) born in Hampton, Iowa was an American naval officer and the first such officer ever to hold the rank of Fleet Admiral and the first ever to hold five-star rank in the U.S. armed forces making him effectively the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position he held during most of World War II. However, his actual title was Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. edit   Did you know... ...that the USS America (CV-66), was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005? ...that the naval base at Key West, Florida was the last U.S. port to berth the USS Maine before an explosion on the ship precipitated the Spanish-American War? ...that Anchors Aweigh is not the official song of US Navy, although there is a pending proposal to make it the official song, and to incorporate protocol into Navy regulations for its performance? ...that the United States' two Lexington-class aircraft carriers were originally intended to be part of a six-ship battlecruiser class? Archive edit   Major topics Command Secretary of the Navy, Under Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Judge Advocate General, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Personnel Awards, Badges, Chaplain Corps, Enlisted Classification, Enlisted rate insignia, Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Medal of Honor recipients, Navy Band, Nurse Corps, Officer designators, Officer insignia, Ratings, Seabees, Supply Corps, Uniforms History Acronyms, Fleet Week, Line-crossing ceremony, Naval Academy alumni, Navy Band, Navy Hymn, Navy Losses in WWII, Navy Song, Ship commissioning, Ship decommissioning Naval Forces Fleet Forces Command, Naval Forces Central Command, Naval Forces Europe, Pacific Fleet, Reserve Force, Sealift Command, Special Warfare Command Structure Active Units, Air wings, Aircraft Carriers, Aircraft Squadrons, Bases, Current Fleet, Naval Aircraft, Naval Observatory, Naval Reactors, Sealift Command ships, Weapons edit   Related Wikiprojects edit   Associated Wikimedia US Navy on Wikinews News US Navy on Wikiquote Quotes US Navy on Commons Images US Navy on Wikisource Texts US Navy on Wikibooks Books What are portals? 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