Specifically, the U.S. Navy's CG-47/DD-963 Stern Flap R&D Team has received one of the EPA's 1998 Climate Protection Awards, as it was singled out for "Technical Breakthroughs in Ship Energy ...

in 1774 and was soon appointed to the Continental Navy. During the Revolutionary War, he commanded ships off the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean and in European seas, capturing and destroying ...

To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...