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USS Farragut: The Outbreak Of War
Over the years the United States navy has evolved their ships to be used in war and for defense. To modernize ships the recent navy has out fitted ships with weapons to give them more versatility, instead of using cannons now the United States Navy uses missiles, torpedoes, and guns to fulfill their duty to protect the United States of America. Ships used in the United States navy have evolved from wooden sailing ships into steel nuclear or gas powered ships. Some ships that were commissioned before 1900 were destroyers, and cruisers. The USS Farragut (TB-11) was a destroyer that was commissioned in1899, and used as a U.S. Navy torpedo boat to patrol the Panama Canal after the outbreak of the Spanish American war. This ship was a coal powered
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