The US Navy's Involvement

During the Cuban Missile crisis, the US navy had a very important job for the United States of America.  President Kennedy decided on deploying a full naval blockade on Cuba (Kennedy). Khrushchev realized that his military had no chance against America’s navy and air force. Admiral Robert L. Dennison was in command of the Atlantic fleet, and started the month long quarantine of Cuba.  The navy intercepted cargo ships and Soviet Submarines in route to Cuba.  US soldiers searched the cargo ships, and there were no tools to make war, so they let it past. Admiral readied the army, air force, marine, and navy for a full invasion of Cuba. The plan was to use the air force to bomb the nuclear sites, disabling the nuclear war heads, followed by an amphibious invasion.  Khrushchev figured he was no match to the United States and its allies, so he looked for a peaceful way out.  Khrushchev made a deal with the US and demanded that the US had to promise not to invade Cuba, and in return the Soviet’s would remove all military installations. Kennedy agreed, and the crisis was over (Utz).