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: . ' \.I l I . . To the officers, men, and women of the United States Navy Thy way 1s the sea, and thy path the great waters. 77: 19 111 111 PSALMS The An Illustrated History .' I By NATHAN MILLER ,. AMERICAN HERITAGE PUBLISHING CO .. INC. BOOK DIVISIO!' Editor-in-Chief Ezra Bowen Staff or S. f THE U. :'\A \'Y Editor Oliver Jensen Ar t Director Mervyn Edward Clay Picture Editor Gail Nussbaum Assistant Picture Editor Henry Wiencek Copy Editor Charles Blackwell Assistant Text Editor Anne Knight M. NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS Senior Editor Frank Uhlig. Jr. Director. Library and Photot:raphic Seri-ices Patty Maddocks Editorial Director, Books Thomas F. Epley Acquisitions Editor Jan Snouck-Hurgronje Senior Manuscript Editor Mary Veronica Amoss Administratfre and Editorial Assistant Marjorie B. Whittington Cop}righl '© text by Lnited States Naval ln'1itute. Copyright I) 1977 1977 de'>ign. illustration'>. captions. and other 'upponing te'1 for illu'>trallons by American Heritage Publi'>hing Co .. Inc. All rights re>erved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may reproduced. stored in a be retrieval o;ystem. or transmitted. in any form or by any mean,. electronic. me chanical. photocopying. recording. or otherv.i5e. Y.ithout the prior" ritten per mi,sion of the publisher-;. except in the case of brief passages quoted in connec tion with critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: P. 407 Book Trade Distribution by Simon and Schu'1er. Inc. ISBN: (regular) 0-671-22984-2 (de luxe) 0-6 71-22985-0 ILLUSTRATIONS PRECEDING PAGES: O!' Endpapers> Officers and men of the USS April from U. S. !'a•·a1 Geor)(iu. 1907. Academy :\fuseum; Half Title: ""The Ocean. The Highway of All Sations:· by Edward :\loran. from the S. Naval Academy \Juo;eum: Title Page: ··The U. Return of the Conqueror-;:· by Edward \loran. from the S. Saval Academy U. .\luseum; On this page. a recruiting poster from World War I. painted by Jame-; :\lontgomery Flagg. from the S. Savy. U. Contents Fore,vord 6 Author's Preface 8 A Navy Is Born 1. 10 In Pursuit of Privateers and Pirates 2. 36 Life at Sea PICTURE ESSAY: 61 "A Handful of Fir-built Frigates" 3. 74 Distant Stations 4. 104 Perry in Japan PICTURE ESSAY: 137 - Divided Waters �. 148 A Na val Renaissance 6. 190 The Steel Nav\' PICTURE ESSAY: 221 A Navy Second to None 7. 238 The Long Armistice 8, 272 Day of Infan1y PICTURE ESSAY: 301 "The Way to Victory" 9. 312 "Challenging Years" 10. 378 Notes 404 Acknowled£<...-ments 407 Index 408 Mohican 1888 Old salts and yarn-spinners 011 the sloop-of-war i11