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Coordinates: 38°59′3″N 76°29′13″W 38.98417, -76.48694

United States Naval Academy

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    • 121 Blake Road, Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
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  • Official Website: [www.usna.edu]
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The institution was founded as the Naval School in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. The campus was established at Annapolis on the grounds of the former U.S. Army post Fort Severn. The school opened on October 10 with 50 Midshipmen students and seven professors. The decision to establish an academy on land may have been in part a result of the Somers Affair while that vessel was being used for officer training. Commodore Matthew Perry had a considerable interest in naval education, supporting an apprentice system to train new seamen, and helped establish the curriculum for the United States Naval Academy. He was also a vocal proponent of modernization of the Navy. ^[1]

Originally a course of study for five years was prescribed. Only the first and last were spent at the school with the other three being passed at sea. The present name was adopted when the school was reorganized in 1850 and placed under the supervision of the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. Under the immediate charge of the superintendent, the course of study was extended to seven years with the first two and the last two to be spent at the school and the intervening three years at sea. The four years of study were made consecutive in 1851 and practice cruises were substituted for the three consecutive years at sea. The first class of Naval Academy students graduated on June 10, 1854. ^[1]

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  • Caplan, Shelley Dyanne (February 2001 - Present)
  • Hart, Mona (January 1998 - Present)
  • Marra-Marra, Shari Maria (November 1990 - Present)
  • Radcliff, Margaret (April 1994 - July 1996)
  • Satterthwaite, Francis George (January 1961 - June 1962)
  • Wooten, John Sloane (October 2002 - Present)
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