Right now the go to history for the founding of the Navy is Ian W. Toll's, 6 Frigates.

For the Civil War, I might recommend Lincoln's Admiral's.

For WW2 some good primers might be Neptune's Inferno, about the surface Navy at Guadalcanal, or Mr. Toll is writing a trilogy on the Pacific War with the final volume expected this Fall I believe.

Prange also has some well regarded books, though his one on Pearl Harbor has aged much better than his work on Midway.

In general most stuff put out by the US Naval Institute Press is pretty solid you can browse their website for ideas.

For more technical works, Lundstrum's First Team book pair on naval fighter pilots in WW2 is both engaging, in depth, and very readable. While Parshall and Tully the authors of THE modern work on Midway, Shattered Sword, also have a few smaller works out, including one on Surigao Straight which is far superior to Hornfischers treatment of it in Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, which is a book I do not recommend though he gets much better with Neptune's Inferno.

John Paul jones by Evan Thomas. Not only does it document the fascinating life of me mr jones, it gives a runnin analysis of the u.s navy contrasted against his vision of it. For 18-19th century us navy, it's a great book.

Kennett J. Hagan "In Peace and War" Also, Allen R. Millet and others "For the Common Defense" are both good for overall histories. The first is naval, the second is general military