In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Leutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain.

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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (CNN) -- President Bush gave the midshipman at the bottom of the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class -- known as the "anchor" in an old academy tradition -- a signed golf ball ...