After the close of the Civil War, the United States Navy went into a stage of decline and by the time of President Garfield’s administration in 1881 it had deteriorated so far that a survey was conducted and found that only 52 of the Navy’s 142 vessels were operational. However at the start of the 1880s, naval officers were extremely alarmed about the vulnerably of the nation as a whole. This alarm finally led to a half-dozen large modern warships – transforming the Navy so suddenly that it became to be called “The New Navy.”

The Navy, as written previously, has participated in the many conflicts that the United States has been involved, a role that is still prevalent in this dangerous 21st century. There are many photos available showing the different war ships of the Navy over the years from the first battleship “The USS Texas” - commissioned 1892 - to photos of The Flying Squadron,1898, to The Great White Fleet in 1907 to the USN’s first aircraft carrier USS Langely to the photo of General Douglas MacArthur signing the Japanese surrender document aboard the USS Missouri.

However, to return to a segment of history that is little known in this part of the world is the participation of the USS Chenango in World War II.