CAS PO 141 Lecture : US Navy 1812 and Political Affairs.docx
21 Apr 2014
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Navy"s other ship captains, led the navy department to abandon the doctrine of concentrated force and adopt instead the suggestion of decatur and bainbridge that. American frigates be deployed individually (42: frigate duels: the frigate constitution arrived there with the news that it had defeated a british frigate in single combat. This victory was the first of three such in the first six months of war victories that were strategically insignificant, but that elevated. American morale and cracked the fa ade of british naval invincibility (44) Ironically, however, none of these vessels ever fired a shot in anger. In large part this was because the missions that the u. s. navy was called upon to perform in the four decades after 1816 required smaller, quicker, and handier vessels. In this period of burgeoning commerce and expanding boundaries, the mission of the u. s. navy focused largely on the protection of trade. Beginning with a renewal of the conflict with the.
