Benjamin Stoddert
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Benjamin Stoddert was the first United States Secretary of the Navy from 1 May 1798 to 31 March 1801.
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Grave of Benjamin Stoddert, September 2009
Quasi-War
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The Quasi-War, 1798 to 1800, was an undeclared war between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of t
Benjamin Stoddert
…As the first Secretary of the Navy, Stoddert soon found himself dealing with an undeclared naval war with France, which would come to be known as the Quasi-War. Stoddert realized that the infant U.S. Navy possessed too few warships to protect a far-flung merchant marine by using convoys or patrolling the North…
USS Constellation in combat with French Insurgente
The French privateer Clarisse attacking the American merchantmen Louisa and Mercury on 3 January 1800
A 20th-century illustration depicting United States Marines escorting French prisoners