As the second US president, John Adams wanted to rebuild the US Navy. The US Congress agreed with Adams and funds were spent in building new warships. The modern US navy dates back to President John Adams.
Captain John Paul Jones is the man credited for bravely fighting the English Navy during the American Revolution. He is known as the father of the United States Navy today.
The Navy does not have a recognized "father" of the modern steel Navy. Having said that, however, the general consensus leads to Captain John Paul Jones being the father of the modern steel Navy.
The US wanted to protect its growing economic interests. in 1880, during his annual message to congress, President Hayes stated this as the reason to build a strong and modern Navy. The result was the Naval Appropriation Bill of 1883.
It was President Jimmy Carter who served in the U.S. Navy, and aboard submarines. He was a crew member of the nuclear submarine SSN-575, the USS Seawolf.
The President does lead the Navy. He is the Commander in Chief of all the armed forces. That includes the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force.
After the culmination of American Civil War, Navy lost its strength rapidly. The numerical strength dropped from 700 vessels to only 52. After President Chester Arthur took over he and his secretary of Navy, William Hunt advocated naval reforms. Arthur got congress to approve construction of modern steel protected cruisers. By 1889 US Navy had gained significant muscle.
President Chester Arthur signed bills designating money to build modern steel-hulled ships. He also acquired the rights for Pearl Harbor to be used as a coaling station for the navy and took steps to curb corruption and incompetency in the navy. He is sometimes called the "Father of the Steel Navy".
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well George Washington is credited because he was commander in chief during the american revolutionary war.but it was the Second Continental congress that made it.but after the end of the Revolutionary War the last ship was sold and the Continental Navy was disbanded. Eleven years later, conflicts between American merchant shipping and pirates in the Mediterranean Sea led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created the US Navy.John Hancock is the father of the Navy. He wanted to be commander of the American forces, but the job went to Washington.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the USA, served on a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy.