An ad hoc navy: the Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Establishing an American navy: the age of sail (1783-1809)
An American navy confirmed: the War of 1812
A constabulary navy: pirates, slavers, and manifest destiny (1820-1850)
Steam and iron: the Civil War navy (1850-1865)
The doldrums and the new navy (1865-1900)
A navy second to none: the U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939)
The two-ocean navy: the U.S. Navy in World War II (1939-1945)
Confronting the Soviets: the Cold War Navy(1945-1975)
U.S. Navy in the twenty-first century.
