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24-618: Stoddert may refer to: People [ edit ] Benjamin Stoddert (1751–1813), United States Secretary of the Navy John Truman Stoddert (1790–1870), American politician Places [ edit ] Fort Stoddert Stoddert, Virginia Other uses [ edit ] USS Benjamin Stoddert , armed destroyer in the United States Navy Topics referred to by

48-508: A tobacco export business in Georgetown , with business partners Uriah Forrest and John Murdock. After George Washington was elected President , he asked Stoddert to purchase key parcels of land in the area that would become the nation's capital before the formal decision to establish the federal city on the banks of the Potomac drove up prices there. Stoddert then transferred the parcels to

72-504: A decline in his fortunes: as Stoddert lost heavily in land speculation, Georgetown declined as a commercial center, and the Embargo and the War of 1812 brought American overseas trade to a halt. During this period, he lived at Halcyon House , on the corner at 3400 Prospect Street NW. Stoddert died on 13 December 1813 and is buried in the graveyard at Addison Chapel , Seat Pleasant, Maryland . In

96-617: A record number for cosponsors in the House, with 415 members. The redesignation has been endorsed by Marine Corps and Navy professional associations including the Marine Corps League , Fleet Reserve Association , and Veterans of Foreign Wars . Former commandants of the Marine Corps Generals Alfred M. Gray Jr. , Carl Epting Mundy Jr. , Charles C. Krulak , James L. Jones , Michael Hagee , and James T. Conway have endorsed

120-626: Is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate . The secretary is assisted by an under secretary of the Navy , four assistant secretaries of the Navy and a general counsel of the Department of the Navy , who are also appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The highest-ranking military officers in the Department of the Navy are the chief of naval operations and

144-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Benjamin Stoddert Stoddert was born in Charles County, Maryland in 1751, the son of Captain Thomas Stoddert. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and then worked as a merchant. He served as a captain in the Pennsylvania cavalry and later as secretary to the Continental Board of War during

168-516: The American Revolutionary War . He was severely injured in the Battle of Brandywine and was subsequently released from active military service. In 1781, he married Rebecca Lowndes, daughter of Christopher Lowndes , a Maryland merchant, and they had eight children. They resided at the home of his father-in-law, Bostwick , located at Bladensburg, Maryland . In 1783, Stoddert established

192-502: The Georgetown section of Washington, DC, there was a Stoddert Street named after Benjamin Stoddert. In the Georgetown street renaming of 1895 the name was changed to Q Street NW. An apartment building that today stands at 2900 Q Street NW is named The Stoddert . In Landover, Maryland there is a residential street named after him. United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of

216-611: 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 American coast. Instead, he concluded that the best way to defeat the French campaign against American shipping was by offensive operations in the Caribbean , where most of the French cruisers were based. Thus at the very outset of

240-588: The United States Coast Guard (USCG). These branches remain at all times independent and coequal service branches within the DON. It is led by the secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), a statutory civilian officer . The Department of the Navy was an executive department , whose secretary served on the president's cabinet , until 1949, when amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 established

264-541: The United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps (sometimes collectively called the "naval services" or "sea services"). The Department of the Navy consists of all elements of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps . According to Navy Regulations Section 0204-2, the term "Navy Department" refers only to the executive offices at the seat of government. The Department of

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288-598: The commandant of the Marine Corps , who are the principal military advisors to the Secretary of the Navy. They supervise their respective military services of the Department of the Navy, and in a separate capacity serve as members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . They are assisted by a vice chief of naval operations and an assistant commandant of the Marine Corps . The Department of the Navy comprises two uniformed services :

312-621: The Department of Defense as a unified department for all military services; the DON, along with the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force , became a component of the DoD, subject to the authority, direction and control of the secretary of defense . From 2001 to 2019, proposals to rename the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps were introduced with wide support in

336-500: The Navy ( DON ) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America . It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry , to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN). Since 1834, the department has exercised jurisdiction over the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and during wartime

360-597: The Navy as part of the Department of the Navy, stating in 2018, "The Marine Corps is an equal member of this department, and therefore, deserves equal recognition in its title." In 2013, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of a name change to be only $ 500,000 over several years. His proposal had strong support in the House of Representatives and Senate , with 98 percent of house members and 80 percent of senators supporting it in 2008. In 2010, it set

384-427: The Navy is composed of the following: From 2001 until his death in 2019, Congressman Walter B. Jones Jr. introduced legislation to rename the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps . The legislation would have also renamed the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Congressman Jones put forward the legislation to give the Marine Corps equal recognition with

408-516: The United States Congress, but failed due to the opposition of Senator and former U.S. Navy officer John McCain . The Department of the Navy is headed by the secretary of the Navy , also known as the SECNAV in naval jargon, who has the authority to conduct all of the affairs of the department, subject to lawful authority, the secretary of defense , and the president. The secretary of the Navy

432-572: The United States unprepared to respond to the later threats of the Barbary pirates and failed to prevent war with England in 1812 . Stoddert established the Navy Department Library due to instructions received from President Adams in a letter dated 31 March 1800. He left office in March 1801 to return to commercial life. Following his term as Secretary of the Navy, Stoddert's final years witnessed

456-553: The change. Former famous marines have also voiced support including Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey , who stated in 2010 "When we die, when mama and dada get that letter of condolence, it would be kind of nice if the Marine Corps was mentioned...just change the letterhead. What's the harm in that? These young men and women are fighting and losing their lives for this country. We aren't asking for our own department. We are reasonable people. We are just asking for an honorable mention." Former secretaries of

480-408: The conflict, the Department of the Navy adopted a policy of going to the source of the enemy's strength. American successes during the conflict resulted from a combination of Stoddert's administrative skill in deploying his limited forces and the initiative of his seagoing officers. Under Stoddert's leadership, the reestablished United States Navy acquitted itself well and achieved its goal of stopping

504-403: The depredations of French ships against American commerce. Stoddert concerned himself with the Navy's daily administration and operations and the service's future strength. He established the first six navy yards and advocated building twelve 74 gun ships of the line . Congress initially approved construction of these ships in 1799. A design was prepared by Joshua Humphrey , who had prepared

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528-550: The government. During the 1790s, he also helped found the Bank of Columbia to handle purchases of land in the District of Columbia for the federal government. In May 1798, President John Adams appointed Stoddert, a loyal Federalist , to oversee the newly established Department of the Navy . 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

552-501: The initial designs for the 44 gun frigates of 1797 and lumber collected at the new Navy Yard. Following the peace accord with France, the U.S. Navy's personnel strength and the number of active vessels were reduced. The Jefferson Administration reduced active naval strength to three frigates (twelve were built between 1797 and 1800) and sold off or used the collected supplies in the Navy Yards for gunboat construction. This policy left

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