 At the beginning of the 20th century, Haiti's political instability provoked interference of the great powers (France, Germany, and the United States).The increasing American interest in Haiti prompted the United States Navy to deploy to the country's ports fifteen times between 1876 and 1913 in order to protect American lives and property, and the United States Marines to occupy the whole country from 1915 to 1934.The Haitian Navy was created in 1860 with the commissioning of a single gunboat.