Essays on United States Navy

The history of submarines: 1578: William Bourne designed the first prototype of a submarine. No one knows if he was the first one to come up with the idea, but he was the first person to record it in his book of Inventions or Devises....

Motivational Statement My name is Jing Li, and I write to convince this recruitment board that I am the right choice for enrollment in the US Navy to serve in the position of Surface Warfare Officer. For the last [+high school] years, I have spent...

Introduction The United States Navy is a large organization with a worldwide presence, including international bases in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Japan and Australia, among other places. In additional to these permanent multinational commands, many naval organizations frequently travel abroad on a temporary basis....

John Paul Jones was a founding father of the United States Navy, America’s first naval hero and America’s greatest Revolutionary naval commander. John Paul Jones, born Paul Jones, started his sailing career in 1759 at the young age of 12 as an apprentice to a...

The third-class cruisers were generally similar to second-class cruisers but were much smaller with the largest only reaching 3,000tons. They too had protection primarily centered on key components but their size meant they lacked the fuel for long distance operations and generally operated in home...

Convinced that war was approaching, the United States Navy realized that fighting halfway around the world would present new challenges. In 1940, the Navy began a program that consisted of using civilian contractors to build bases on Pacific island. The use of civilian labor had...