Vulcan (AR 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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 200 YEARS OF HISTORY UNITED STATES AND THE U.S. NAVY October 13, 1775 - The Continental Congress ordered two ships to be fitted out,one of 14 guns and one of 10 guns,to cruise the Atlantic and intercept British transports. In 1775, our forefathers, who had crossed the ocean in search of freedom, banded together as 13 colonies and established the United States Navy. From the beginning, the Navy is linked in spirit and tradition to each of the 50 states that now form our Union. The 13 stars of the Navy's 200th Birthday insignia represent the 13 original colonies whose Continental Congress formed the Navy. Fifty links on the chain represent the modern states; and the anchor recalls the strength and bravery of mankind inspired by the sea. Endleafs ■ USS CONSTITUTION, 44 gun frigate, launched in 1797. She employs my thoughts and my dreams ” wrote President John Adams as she neared completion. Original cost was $302,718. The% U.S. Navy's greatest warship, known as Old Iron- sides . Shown here as she appeared in 1798, and in Boston Naval Shipyard in 1975, painted by ENS -John Charles Roach, USNR-R. OkfO 234