Commissioned into a peacetime navy curtailed by a retrenching Congress, the undermanned four stacker departed Boston, Massachusetts 25 June to join DesRon 3, Atlantic Fleet.

The admirals buzzed, mostly with bafflement since they weren't too bright or they would have enlisted in the peacetime navy.

Due to the restrictions in the size of the peacetime navy, Reynolds was not actually promoted to lieutenant until 1777, following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.

Despite the Cold War, the RCN was operating as a peacetime navy, so its first recruits through HMCS Cornwallis endured a 5-month new entry course.

The boats also used a lot of high octane gasoline for their size, making them too expensive to operate for a peacetime navy.

She'd just destroyed an entire peacetime navy in less than five minutes of actual combat.

He disliked the peacetime navy, with its endless social engagements, partying and ritual displays.

If all we face is the eighty galleys of Haarahld's peacetime navy, then wehave a decisive superiority at this moment.

He was unsuccessful as there were too few ships in the peacetime navy and Hood did not intercede on his behalf.

Scotland, meanwhile, seems to have maintained no peacetime navy.