Today, the US NAVY celebrates its 235th birthday!!

[kromdom]

To all Sailors past, present and future: Happy Birthday SHIPMATES! :unclesam:

On this date, April 30th, in 1798, President John Adams signed into law the bill that established the Department of the Navy. While the U.S. Navy celebrates its birthday on October 13th (honoring the 1775 founding of the Continental Navy), the modern U.S. Navy -- with its leadership vested in the civilian Secretary of the Navy -- was created on this date. Benjamin Stoddert of Maryland became the first Secretary of the Navy.

 

[Twobrothersbusa]

Go Navy! Support our silent service....boomers or fast attack!

 

[kromdom]

Go Navy! Support our silent service....boomers or fast attack!

Man, I am a frustrated submariner (could not pass the hearing exam, must have been those firecrackers I enjoyed so much as a kid)

 

[GSXcite]

Happy birthday shipmates. I served in Viet Nam with MCB62 in 1969. Our commanding officer was Cdr John Paul Jones Jr, who was a decendent of the father of the navy, Admiral John Paul Jones.

 

[GHILLIE]

Boomer sailor here,,,,USS Mariano G. Vallejo...SSBN 658 (B)....Happy Birthday fellow Bubbleheads!!! And to you too Skimmer Pukes!!

 

[BusaWizard]

Navy.

 

[DevilDawg1]

Happy Birth Day!!!!!!!!

 

[MC MUSTANG]

Happy 235th!

 

[kromdom]

Happy 235th!

Sir,
The Corps will also be turning 235 years YOUNG next month..so advance Happy Birthday (I am a Navy Corpsman and the Marines are near and dear to my heart)

 

[Jasper]

Happy Birthday USN from someone across the pond who served in Her Majesties Finest the RN. Cheers to all you shipmates around the world.

 

[Chris08Bus]

I'm a test engineer on fast attack boats and have the privlege to work with some excellent sailors and officers alike. Cheers Navy!

 

[rusheriv]

Happy B-day Navy
Sail Army!

 

[kromdom]

rusher,
I was in Fujairah, UAE (DEC 02-APR03) when that thing pulled in. Never imagined that 3 years later, I would be on it as the Senior Enlisted Leader (Co 1stSgt) and "Doc." The Army wanted out of its lease so NAVSPECWARCOM took over....making the ship the "monster garage" project of the SEALS.
P.S. Almost half of the crew was still Army, hence the name HSV X-1 JOINT VENTURE

 

[jeepinocala]

Damn thing looks like some kind or type of water Busa

 

[kromdom]

Damn thing looks like some kind or type of water Busa

stripped down (no helo pad, no boat ramp, no comms gear, no extra fuel cells, etc.), she can hit a top speed of 50 knots.

Powerplant wasn't too shabby: 4 x Caterpillar 3618 engines (each rated at 7200kW), around 38,000 HP total (the rooster tail was a sight to behold, rising around 30 feet up in air)

 

[HotFoot]

Sweet