Budget Battles, Interest Groups, and Relevancy in a New Era: The Ship-of-the-Line USS Pennsylvainia
By Lieutenant Claude Berube, U.S. Navy Reserve
Debates over what types of ships to build are as old as the Republic itself.
There was a costly, unpopular, long war under way against insurgents. Congress and the Navy debated about the costs of large ships. The economy was in crisis. The Navy faced multiple missions, including maritime interception and anti-piracy operations. Today's headlines? No, the year was 1837.
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Claude Berube has worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence and on Capitol Hill. In 2004, as a Navy Reserve officer, he deployed with Expeditionary Strike Group Five to the Persian Gulf. He is the coauthor of three works of non-fiction and over thirty articles and teaches at the U. S. Naval Academy.
Photograph by Jillian Crim
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