170: Reform and Revitalization: The Rise of the Modern Navy, Pt. I

Perhaps one of the most prominent aspects of this period is the
rise of the steel navy. After several decades of decline, the
navy made a bold move and built a small fleet of steel warships.
There was a growing, often fractious, political consensus that
the navy needed to move forward. The move toward steel ships
triggered the evolution of the American manufacturing base,
slowly building the capacity to cast and mold steel, as well as
build modern weapons made of the same material. We take the story
up to the creation of the first four steel ships and will
continue the expansion of the fleet in the next episode.


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