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| | United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. |
 | | The United States Constitution, ratified in 1789, empowered Congress "to provide and maintain a navy." Acting on this authority, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six frigatess; one of the original six, the USS Constitution, familiarly known as "Old Ironsides", survives to this day. |
 | | The naval jack of the United States is a blue field with 50 white stars, identical to the canton of the ensign, both in appearance and size. |
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