U) The Homeland Defense Role of the US Navy

Evolution of perceived threats to the US coasts Years 1790s • • 1800s • • 1810s • • 1820s • • 1830s • • 1840s • • 1850s • • 18£,()s • • 1870s • • 1880s • • 1890s • • • 1900s • • • 1910s • • • • 1920s • • • • • • 1930s • • • • • • 1940s • • • • • • • 1950s • • • 1960s • • • • 1970s • • • • 1980s • • • • 1990s • • 10 CNA Historical Paper Series (1998) Smugglers European Surface Fleet Asian Surface F. [...] Evolution of major US service coast defense weapons systems Years 1790s • • 1800s • • • 1810s • • • 1820s • • 1830s • • 1840s • • • 1850s • • 1860s • • • 1870s • • • 1880s • • • 1890s • • • • 1900s • • • • • • • 1910s • • • • • • • • • • • 1920s • • • • • • • • • • • 1930s • • • • • • • • • • • 19-iOs • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1950s • • • • • • • • • 1960s • • • • • • • 1970s • • • • • • 1980s •. [...] Major US military organizations responsible for coast defense Years 1790s • • • • 1800s • • • • 1810s • • • • 1820s • • • • 1830s • • • • 1840s • • • • 1850s • • • • 1860s • • • • 1870s • • • • • 1880s • • • • • 1890s • • • • • 1900s • • • • • • • 1910s • • • • • • 1920s • • • • 1930s • • • • 1940s • • • • • • • • • • 1950s • • • • • • • 1960s • • • • • • • • 1970s • • • • • • • • 1980s • • • • •. [...] The President is authorized by Congress to assign the cutters to cooperate with the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. [...] Descendents of Jefferson's gunboats and ancestors of modem destroyers, torpedo boats will be symbolic of the transition of the Navy from a coastal defense-cum-cruiser warfare force to a force capable of con testing the command of the sea through the operations of a battle fleet Thirty-five will be built and commissioned through the 1890s, until 1904.