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  1. Navy Birthday

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Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge (Navy Photo)
Birthplace of the U.S. Navy

Although the U.S. Navy's birth was legislated in Philadelphia, the Navy does not formally recognize a single birthplace.

Honoring the Navy’s 241st birthday at the National Capital Region Navy Ball
CNO’s 241st Navy Birthday Message

A message from the CNO Admiral Richardson on the Navy's 241st birthday.

Continental Navy frigate Confederacy. Painting by William Nowland Van Powell. (U.S. Navy)
Navy Birthday Commentary: ‘The Maddest Idea’

As citizens of a maritime nation we must never lose sight of the supreme importance of a navy, properly used.

Commissioning pennant.
Navy History: Commissioning Pennant

At the moment when the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead, a ship becomes a Navy command in her own right.

Navy Adm. John Richardson speaks to sailors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Audrey McAvoy/AP
Navy's Top Admiral on Yemen Strikes: 'Enough Was Enough'

Richardson said the strike this week was evidence that the Navy continued to do the same mission for which it was founded.

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