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Page 103
... President and ratified by the Senate . On one occasion , at least , Congress actually revoked the authorization of some new ships for the navy , and appropriated more money 103 than was was required 104 to build the men - of - war in.
... President and ratified by the Senate . On one occasion , at least , Congress actually revoked the authorization of some new ships for the navy , and appropriated more money 103 than was was required 104 to build the men - of - war in.
Page 106
... navy , had gone u the harbor of Tripoli , while pursuing and had been surrounded and capti crew , by the Tripolitan gunboa entirely helpless either to fight of a very serious blow to our navy her was was operations against Tripoli . It ...
... navy , had gone u the harbor of Tripoli , while pursuing and had been surrounded and capti crew , by the Tripolitan gunboa entirely helpless either to fight of a very serious blow to our navy her was was operations against Tripoli . It ...
Page 117
... navy , including a war , won a series of victories against the Eng- lish , the hitherto undoubted masters of the sea ... navy of the new nation grow- ing up across the Atlantic did what no European navy had ever been able to do , not ...
... navy , including a war , won a series of victories against the Eng- lish , the hitherto undoubted masters of the sea ... navy of the new nation grow- ing up across the Atlantic did what no European navy had ever been able to do , not ...
Page 118
... navy were any ships of their class in an of the day , for the American ship as famous as the American g already and seamen . The new Wasp , like her sister carried twenty - two guns and a crew of one dred and Twenty seventy men , of her ...
... navy were any ships of their class in an of the day , for the American ship as famous as the American g already and seamen . The new Wasp , like her sister carried twenty - two guns and a crew of one dred and Twenty seventy men , of her ...
Page 126
... the sea in ships ; and when she one of the most gallant ships American navy , with as brave a captain and as ever sailed from any port of the New Wo THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG " PRIVATEER We have fought such a 126 HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN.
... the sea in ships ; and when she one of the most gallant ships American navy , with as brave a captain and as ever sailed from any port of the New Wo THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG " PRIVATEER We have fought such a 126 HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN.
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