Barbary corsair attacks on American merchant ships and French seizures of American merchant ships

Adams rebuilt the Navy by adding 6 new ships to its fleet in order to provide protection from French ships who were attacking American ships because of the U.S.-Great Britain trade.

The United States Navy Department was formed under John Adams Presidency.

The current listing of ships in the US Navy is too long to list here, however, for a complete alphabetical listing by ship name, follow the included web link to the Naval Vessel Register, which is maintained by the US Navy.

Navy: Middle English navie, from Anglo-French, from Latin navigia ships, from navigare ; Date: 14th century Source Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary.

The Royal Navy did not "trade", it protected trading ships. However it did re-use captured French ships if they were considered suitable by the Admiralty and many French frigates and other types were incorporated into the Royal Navy, sometimes with modifications, as well as basic designs copied from captured vessels.