Today was the Navy's 238th birthday. On Friday, October 13, 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels
,
armed with ten carriage guns, as well as swivel guns, and manned by
crews of eighty, and to send them out on a cruise of three months to
intercept transports carrying munitions and stores to the British army
in America.
Here is the first Navy Jack that was flown on naval vessels during the Revolutionary War and currently being flown during the War on Terror:
In celebration of this date the DFAC (dining facility...otherwise known as the Galley by the Navy and Marines) served surf and turf and some pretty darn tasty deserts (pictured below).
Happy Birthday Navy!
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