us congress has declared war five times.
how many times has the us congress declared war?
five
when the united states declared war on britain on 18 june 1812, the royal navy had eighty-five vessels in american waters. by contrast, the united states navy, which was not yet twenty years old, was a frigate navy that had only twenty-two commissioned vessels. the chief fighting strength of the u.s. navy was a squadron of three frigates and two sloops of war under commodore john rodgers, based in new york. a week after congress declared war, united states secretary of the navy paul hamilton had sent orders to rodgers to cruise off new york, and to captain isaac hull, commanding at annapolis on chesapeake bay, to join rodgers.
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when the united states declared war on germany on 6 april 1917 entering world war i, the destroyer was anchored in the york river near yorktown, virginia. she had been there guarding the river mouth since february when american relations with germany began to deteriorate as a result of the latter country's return to unrestricted submarine warfare. soon after us congress declared war, "winslow" moved north to the new york navy yard to prepare for duty overseas. less than a month later, she moved to boston from where she got underway for europe on 7 may with "cassin", "ericsson", , , and . after a 10-day passage, "winslow" reported for duty at queenstown, ireland, on the 17th. on the 21st, she began patrolling the approaches to the british isles.
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