Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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THE NAVY 0F YESTERYEAR The second Continental Congress established the Continental Navy on October 13, 1715. During the Revolutionary war, the newly-created Navy never had more than 27 ships. The Navy relied on the support of privateers who had been defending the harbors and shores of the colonies since 1661. Successes by the small continental Navy were numerous during the Revolution, yet the Navy was disbanded and the last ship was sold in 1785. In 1794, The U.S. Navy was once again established by Congress to protect U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean against Algerian pirates. Two of the six frigates constructed, the CONSTITUTION and the CONSTELLATION, are still afloat today. Famous names during the first 100 years of the Navy included: John Paul Jones, Robert Morris, Lafayette, Stephen Decatur, Oliver Hazard Perry, George Bancroft and David S. Farragut. During the first 100 years, naval hospitals were established by Congress, Antarctica was discovered, the Navy suffered its first mutiny, the trans-Atlantic cable was laid, The Confederate Navy surrendered, petroleum oil was tested for use as a fuel source and the USS INTREPID, the first warship to be equipped with torpedoes, was commissioned.

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MESSAGE TO RECRUITS FROM CO RTC YANT Ur DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY gf - I I ,Y Rzcnun' TRAINING COMMAND onumoo. n.omoA 32813-6lOO , To the Graduating Recruits, Congratulations on having completed a most rigorous and demanding period of training. You have been introduced to a new way of life and have risen to the challenges posed during your transition from civilians to Navy men and women. I am confident that as you report to your ships, squadrons and stations around the world you are ready, willing and able to accept the awesome responsibility which characterizes service in today's Navy. You have been taught many things that will be useful to you during your naval service and throughout life. The most important of these is that you can accomplish any task if you have the desire, the determination, and if you expend the effort. This spirit of success and accomplishment is the very heart of what has made our Navy what it is today. It is this spirit that I charge each of you to nurture and protect. It is the essence of pride in service and pride in self, and gives significance to the word Ushipmate.U I wish each of you fair winds, following seas and Godspeed. C 4 ,M 1 I, 4 I , HA LEY Ca ain, U.S. Nav Commanding Officf

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The next 100 years of the Navy showed more emphasis on technological development. The Navy's first submarine was constructed, the Navy Hospital Corps was established, and the Great White Fleet made its around-the-world cruise in 1907. Commander Robert Perry raised the U.S. flag at the North Pole and the Navy's first airplane was ordered in 1911. The Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier in 1922 and the Seabees were established in 1924. From 1946 to the late '50's, the Navy became electronic and supersonic. On January 17, 1955, the first submarine using nuclear power, the USS NAUTILUS, got underway. On July 7, 1948, the first enlisted woman was sworn into the regular Navy. In 1959, four naval aviators were among seven men selected for prospective astronauts and John Glenn made the first manned orbit of the earth in 1962 in the FRIENDSHIP 7. The Navy also played an important part in the tracking of manned and unmanned space craft as well as being responsible for recovery of manned space capsules. The planning, the sacrifice, the devotion to duty of generations past and present constitute the heritage on which the Navy continues to build and improve. The Navy is linked to the future by a responsibility to deliver the best it can produce. Based on a foundation of valor and tradition the Navy moves fonuard to help shape the future. i