Fifteen years after the close of the contest in which Farragut took rank as one of the great admirals of all time, the splendid navy of which he was the chief ornament had become an object of derision, to every third-rate power in Europe and South America.
This passage highlights the severe deterioration of the American navy in the years following the Civil War, making it a target of international scorn.
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