Happy Birthday, Sailors!  On this day the Continental Congress on 13 October 1775 authorized a Continental Naval Force, the birthday of our United States Navy https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/commemorations-toolkits/navy-birthday/OriginsNavy/the-birth-of-the-navy-13-oct-1775/journal-of-the-continental-congress.html