Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was a Navy

by Edgar Stanton Maclay

Historians tell us that the United States Navy was founded on October 13, 1775. But was it? In the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the government employed a total 70 warships, carrying 1,800 guns and swivels. In those same two wars there were 1,300 privateers operating with almost 16,000 guns and swivels So, which was the real U.S. Navy? In both wars the British didn't strategically fear our warships; they feared our privateers-a swarming collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934757403
• ISBN13: 9781934757406
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Fireship Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"