This forum targets discussion of American History after the War of 1812. The United States started construction of a major navy including three 74-gun ships of the line. By the 1820s the US Navy could have met any European power at sea in a fleet engagement with a good chance of success. The only exception would have been the full force of the Royal Navy.
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