Inside the US Navy of 1812-1815 - Hardcoverby William S. Dudley (Author) What did it take logistically and operationally for the small and underfunded US Navy to face the battle hardened Royal Navy in the War of 1812? Find out in this book, the magnum opus of one of the deans of American naval history. When the War of 1812 broke out, the newly formed and cash strapped United States faced Great Britain, the world's foremost sea power, with a navy that had largely fallen into disrepair and