The Continental Navy was the navy of the Thirteen Colonies (later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War. Founded on October 13, 1775...

Navy Captain James Willing left Pittsburgh, traveled down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, captured a ship, and in conjunction with other Continental...

operational aircraft as of July 18, 2023. The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary...

had their own navies. Seeking to coordinate military efforts, the Continental Congress established (on paper) a regular army—the Continental Army—in June...

Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress operated as a de facto war government, who had authorized the creation of the Continental Army, the Navy, and Marines...

revoked or expired at the end of a particular military campaign. The Continental Navy used the rank of captain as the commander of a sailing vessel at war...

The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America...

Second Continental Congress passed a resolution creating the Continental Navy. With the end of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was disbanded...

United States Navy. Navy ratings in America were first created in 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, for use by the Continental Navy. After securing...

USS Ranger was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, serving from 1777–1780 and the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Badger's...

War; the Army comes from the Continental Army; the Navy comes from the Continental Navy, appointing Esek Hopkins as the Navy's first commander. The Marine...

hold the entire British Navy" and was so easily defensible that "1,000 men and two ships" could protect it against any Continental force. He also proposed...

for Royal Navy service. The American Continental Navy impressed men into its service during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress authorized...

The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British...

1775. Two days later, Congress made Hopkins commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. He adopted the Gadsden banner as his personal flag, flying it from...

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary...

February 26, 1826) was an American naval officer who fought in the Continental Navy under John Barry and was first lieutenant for John Paul Jones during...

the Continental Navy and in the United States Navy. Rathbun was from Rhode Island with family in Boston. Rathbun served in the Continental Navy from...

The second USS Revenge was a cutter in the Continental Navy and later a privateer. William Hodge, an agent of the American commissioners to France, Benjamin...

officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regarded...

secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer (10 U.S.C. § 8013) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department...

American military officer and slave trader. He served in the Continental Army and Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous...

United States Navy as combat vessels, or as service vessels with U.S. Military Sealift Command. The earliest ships served in the Continental Navy. Overall...

by the United States government. Since the Continental Navy had been disbanded in 1783, the U.S. had no navy to protect American shipping, and was forced...

naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. He has been...

Isaiah Robinson (unknown – c. 1781) was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Robinson, probably born in Philadelphia...

(June 20, 1731 – March 26, 1816) was an officer in the Continental Navy and in the United States Navy. He was born on June 20, 1731, in Charlestown, Massachusetts...

May 19, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Navy. Mugford commanded the schooner Franklin in the Continental Navy, serving through 1775 in John Manley's...

Chief of Naval Operations. In late 1775, as the first ships of the Continental Navy readied in the Delaware River, Commodore Esek Hopkins issued an instruction...

November 1747 – 10 March 1833) was an officer in the Continental Navy and the United States Navy. Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Tucker began his...