Continental Army Organization: https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3263962010

This guide will finish the historical American forces. With the release of the British campaign in early access, I am debating on if I want to make guides like I did with the Americans. It may be something I work on in a couple on months.

Some notes before you start reading. The designation USS was not in use until 1907. I used it to distinguish British ships from American ships, so it is not historically accurate to use USS as a prefix. The HMS prefix designation was in use at the time so that is historically accurate. In Schooner Pt.2 none of the ships are given the USS designation, that is because those ships were bought by George Washington and acted more as his personal navy than part of the Continental Navy. The officers and men received Continental wages as if they were commissioned but were under the command on George Washington.

• HMS: His\Her Royal Majesty
  
• USS: United States Ship
  
• (U): Unknown
  
• pdr: Pound/pounder
  
• bp: Ships length along summer load line
  
• bm: Burden/measurement of tonnage
  
• d: Depth of hull/prefixed in dimensions table
  
• D: Displacement

• Ship of the Line: Man-of-War with 2 or more gundecks and typically +64 guns
  
• Ship: 3 mast ship rigged with square sails
  
• Brig: 2 mast ship with square sails and a gaff sail on the main mast
  
• Brigantine: 2 mast ship with square sails and a fore-and-aft rigged mainmast
  
• Frigate: Man-of-War that carried either 28 or 32 guns on a single deck
  
• Schooner: At least two mast with fore-and-aft rigging
  
• Cutter: 1 mast with fore-and-aft rigging
  
• Sloop: 1 mast with fore-and-aft rigging and 1 headsail
  
• Xebec: 3 mast with foremost mast in a fore-and-aft rig and other 2 in a square or fore-and-aft rig
  
• Rate: The amount of cannons a ship could carry
  
• Dimensions: Listed in the format, length x beam x draft, additional measurements are noted in the table
  
• Tonnage: Listed in tons but can also be listed in bm or D
  
• Compliment: A figure of the number of men on a ship
  
• Battery: Number and type of guns for a ship
  
• Deck: Length of the uppermost deck/excludes fittings that would be included in overall length
  
• Beam: The width of a ship at its widest point
  
• Keel: A center line structure that runs along the bottom of a ship
  
• Draft: Distance from the keel to the waterline

The Continental Congress initially ordered the building of 3 Ship-of-the-Line's in 1776. But due to lack of funding and struggle to get the materials needed, the order was reduced to 1 ship.

• 3 Ship-of-the-Line's were order to be built by the Continental Congress in November 9, 1776
  
• Two of the ships would be cancelled around 1779
  
• America would be offered to France to replace the Magnifique on September 3, 1782
  
• Scrapped in 1786 due to irreparable damage

• Originally a merchant ship named the Black Prince
  
• Bought by the Continental Congress on November 4, 1775 and renamed to the USS Alfred
  
• Captured on March 7, 1778 by HMS Ariadne and HMS Ceres
  
• Entered service in the Royal Navy as the HMS Alfred
  
• Sold by the Royal Navy in 1782

• Built in Philadelphia in 1774 as the Sally
  
• Bought by the Continental Congress November 1775 and renamed to the USS Columbus
  
• Beached by crew on March 27, 1778 and stripped of all usable material
  
• Burned by the British soon after beaching

• Originally a British merchant brigantine named Industrious Bee
  
• Built in 1764 in Bristol, England
  
• Captured August 29, 1777
  
• Bought by the Continental Congress' Naval Department on December 19, 1777
  
• Order to be sold on June 2, 1779 due to concerns of seaworthiness

• Originally a French merchant vessel named Duc de Duras
  
• Built in 1766 by the French East India Company
  
• Purchased by the French monarchy in early 1779 and donated to the Continental Congress
  
• Sunk on September 25, 1779 after an engagement with the HMS Serapis and HMS Countess of Scarborough

• Commissioned as the HMS Ariel in 1777 for the Royal Navy
  
• Captured by the French Navy on September 11, 1779
  
• Donated to the Continental Congress from October 1780 to July 1781
  
• Returned to France in July 1781

• Commissioned as a Privateer ship by the state of Rhode Island in 1780
  
• Captured in late 1780 by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the HMS General Monk
  
• Recaptured by the Continental Navy in April 8, 1782 and commissioned as the USS George Washington

• Formerly a British Customs Ship before being bought in October 1782
  
• Transported French troops to France and later sold in April 1783

• Originally a Royal Navy ship named the Rebecca and captured in 1778
  
• Bought by the Continental Congress and renamed to the USS Morris
  
• Lost after a hurricane in August 18, 1779

• Built in 1778 as a French privateer ship
  
• Unknown when adopted into French Navy
  
• Donated by the French to Continental Navy in spring of 1779
  
• Returned to France at the end of the war

• Merchant brig purchased by the Continental Congress on October 13, 1775
  
• Renamed from Defiance to USS Andrew Doria
  
• Burned on November 21, 1777 after army forces retreated from Fort Mercer, Red Bank, New Jersey

• One of the first Continental Navy ships purchased in November 1775
  
• Ran ashore in Nova Scotia by the HMS Milford in March 1777
  
• Retrieved and commissioned as HMS Cabot in the Royal Navy
  
• Sold June 25, 1783

• Originally a brig named Wild Duck purchased by Maryland Committee of Safety in February 1776
  
• Donated to the Continental Navy in March 1776
  
• Captured by HMS Pearl but later recaptured in December 1776
  
• Captured by HMS Alert in September 1777

• Originally a merchant ship named Molly purchased by the Continental Congress on March 28, 1776
  
• Renamed to the USS Reprisal
  
• Order to transport Commissioner of France Benjamin Franklin to France on October 27, 1776
  
• Lost to sea around Newfoundland, Canada in September 1777 with only 1 survivor

• Previously HMS Diligent and captured by the USS Providence on May 6, 1777
  
• Beached and burned by crew on August 14, 1777 to prevent capture

• Former merchant and dockyard tender ship in France
  
• Fitted and lent to the Continental Navy in February 1779
  
• Returned to France in 1783 after the war

• Purchased by the Royal Navy in 1778 and commissioned as the HMS Edward
  
• Captured by USS Lexington on April 7, 1776 and renamed to USS Sachem
  
• Possible burned in the Delaware River November 1777

• Purchased by the Royal Navy in July 1778 and commissioned as the HMS Pigot
  
• Captured by USS Hawke on October 27, 1778 and renamed to Argo
  
• Fate is unknown but it is believed to have been burned

• Bought and commissioned in August 1777
  
• Captured by the Royal Navy on August 27, 1778

• Unknown when commissioned into Continental Navy
  
• Operated in the Philadelphia area of the Delaware River in 1778
  
• Unknown what happened to the ship

• Built in Baltimore and commissioned in 1777
  
• Lost around Cape Henry, Virginia in January 29, 1780

• Purchased summer of 1776 by the Continental Congress
  
• Ran ashore and later sold in late 1777

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched May 21, 1776
  
• Ran aground while in combat with HMS Unicorn and HMS Experiment on September 27, 1778
  
• British refloated the ship and entered it into service as the HMS Raleigh
  
• Decommissioned on June 10, 1781 and sold in July 1783

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched June 3, 1776 and commissioned in spring 1777
  
• Captured by HMS Rainbow on July 8, 1777
  
• Renamed to HMS Iris and enter service in the Royal Navy
  
• Captured by the French Navy on September 11, 1781
  
• Converted to a cruiser by the French and entered service
  
• Converted again in 1792 to a powder hulk and sat in Toulon, France until blown up by British forces on December 18, 1793

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched May 15, 1776 and commissioned in April 1778
  
• Ship was blockaded in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island between 1776-1778
  
• Burned to prevent capture on either 14 or 15 of August 1779

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched August 7, 1776
  
• Sunk to prevent capture on November 2, 1777
  
• Raised sometime in 1778
  
• Burned in Bordentown, New Jersey on May 7, 1778

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched July 10, 1776
  
• Ship exploded while in combat with HMS Yarmouth on March 7, 1778 (311 reported dead)

• Ordered to be built on December 13, 1775
  
• Captured by the British after the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780
  
• Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Providence
  
• Sold March 11, 1784

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched September 5, 1776
  
• Stuck in the Connecticut River because the draft was too deep
  
• Freed sometime in early-mid 1779 and commissioned on September 20, 1779
  
• Inflicted severe damage on HMS Watt, while also almost being destroyed when in combat on June 2, 1780
  
• Ship was docked for repairs in Philadelphia until August 8, 1780
  
• Captured after an engagement with HMS Iris (frigate USS Hancock), HMS General Monk (ship USS General Washington) on August 29, 1781
  
• Ship was towed to New York, fate is unknown

• Authorized to be built December 13, 1775 as the original 13 ships
  
• Burned before completion in October 1777 after the British capture of New York to prevent capture

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Launched August 12, 1776
  
• Blockades in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
  
• Attempted to run the blockade 5 times in 1777
  
• Lost rudder control and ran aground in Hampton, Virginia on March 21, 1778
  
• Captured by HMS Emerald and HMS Conqueror on March 31, 1778
  
• Entered service in the Royal Navy as HMS Virginia and scrapped in December 1782

• Authorized December 13, 1775
  
• Sunk in the Delaware River before completion on November 2 1777 after the British capture of Philadelphia
  
• Burned by the British on May 9, 1778

• Launched on June 3, 1776 and commissioned spring 1777
  
• Captured after the fall of Charleston on May 11, 1780
  
• Served in the Royal Navy as the HMS Charleston
  
• Sold by the Royal Navy on April 24, 1783

• Authorized on December 13, 1775
  
• Launched October 13, 1776
  
• Burned before completion on October 1777 after the British capture of New York

• Authorized on December 13, 1775
  
• Launched in July 12, 1776
  
• Ran aground while defending Philadelphia and captured on September 27, 1777
  
• Entered service in the Royal Navy as HMS Delaware
  
• Sold April 14, 1783

• Built in Amsterdam, Holland for the Continent Navy as the L'Indien in 1777
  
• Sold from the Dutch government to the King of France
  
• Sat in France for 2 years before the King of France gave the ship to the Duke of Luxembourg
  
• The Duke rented the ship to the state of South Carolina on May 30, 1780
  
• Renamed to the South Carolina on May 30, 1780
  
• Captured by HMS Astrea, HMS Diomede, and HMS Quebec on December 20, 1782
  
• Studied as inspiration for the USS Constitution and USS Independence in 1813 and 1814 respectively

• Built in Nantes, France as the Deane and transported to Philadelphia for completion in May 1778
  
• Renamed to the USS Hague in September 1782
  
• Decommissioned and sold in 1783

• Originally a French vessel named La Brune purchased in 1777
  
• Sailed to Boston and refitted in December 1778
  
• Sunk after the fall of Charleston on May 11, 1780

• Originally built as the Hancock in 1777
  
• Commissioned and renamed to the Alliance on May 29, 1778
  
• The last American naval ship in service when it was sold on August 1, 1785
  
• Records of the ship end on September 17, 1788 but it known to have been abandoned in the Delaware River near Petty Island
  
• The wreck was destroyed in 1901 during dredging operations in the Delaware

• Launched November 8, 1778 and commissioned April 1779
  
• Almost lost on November 7, 1779 when a portion of the mast was destroyed while transporting the French Minister and John Jay, the American Minister to Spain
  
• Captured on April 14, 1781 by HMS Roebuck and HMS Orpheus
  
• Entered service into the Royal Navy as HMS Confederate
  
• Scrapped in March 1782

• Authorized for construction on January 23, 1777
  
• Financial issues delayed construction, completed on July 31, 1783
  
• Sold sometime after September 1783

• Built as the merchant vessel Scorpion in Baltimore 1775
  
• Bought by the Continental Congress in late 1775 and commissioned in December 1775
  
• Burned in the Delaware River in November 1777

* - Fly is the ship of the right

• Purchased by the Continental Congress around late 1775 to early 1776 as a merchant ship and refitted
  
• Burned in the Delaware River November 1777

• Purchased by the Continental Congress on March 24, 1779 as the merchant sloop Sally
  
• Renamed to the USS Argo
  
• Transferred to Rhode Island Council of War and commissioned as a privateer on April 14, 1780

• Purchased December 20, 1776 for the Continental Navy
  
• Returned to the Maryland Council of Safety at the end of February 1777

• First vessel to sail in the Continental Navy on August 24, 1775
  
• Run ashore during engagement with sloop HMS Nautilus near Beverly, Massachusetts, October 10, 1775
  
• Saved and later sold at an unknown date

• Built on Lake Champlain for a wealthy landowner Major Philip Skene
  
• Captured May 11, 1775 by Continental forces
  
• Supported the Continental's Invasion of Canada campaign in 1775
  
• Destroyed by British forces in summer of 1777

• Donated from the Governor of Louisiana to the Continental Navy in summer 1779
  
• Operated around the Mississippi area
  
• Unknown fate

• Originally a British Schooner named HMS Brave Savage
  
• Sunk during the siege of Fort Saint-Jean in fall 1775
  
• Refloated, repaired, and assigned to the Lake Champlain squadron in early 1776
  
• Ran aground and burned by the British at the Battle of Valcour Island, October 11, 1776

• Originally a private vessel named Speedwell and hired by the George Washington in October 1775
  
• Ran aground during an engagement with HMS Hope in January 1776
  
• Refloated and repaired during early 1776
  
• Declared unfit for service in May 1776 and returned to previous owner around late 1776 - early 1777

• Originally a private fishing vessel
  
• Hired by George Washington to join the Continental Navy in 1775
  
• Returned to previous owner in 1776

• Originally a fishing vessel built in 1761 named the Triton
  
• Hired by George Washington for the Continental Navy in October 1775
  
• Decommissioned in early 1776

• Originally a schooner named Endeavor
  
• Hired by George Washington for the Continental Navy in October 1775
  
• Renamed to Washington and rerigged in Plymouth, Massachusetts as a Brigantine
  
• Captured by HMS Fowey on December 3, 1775
  
• Taken to Boston and left to rot

• Originally a fishing schooner named Hawk
  
• Hired by George Washington for the Continental Navy in October 1775
  
• Captured by HMS Liverpool on August 26, 1776
  
• Served in the Royal Navy until running aground in December 1776

• Originally a vessel named Two brothers
  
• Purchased by George Washington as a replacement for the schooner USS Hannah in October 1775
  
• Returned to original owner in October 1777

• Originally a fishing schooner
  
• Hired by George Washington on January 26, 1776
  
• Spent September 1776-February 1777 laid up in Boston
  
• Reactivated in late February 1777 to transport intelligence to France
  
• Captured when returning from France May 19, 1777 by HMS Feudroyant

• Purchased February 1777 at Dover, England
  
• Converted to a Packet Ship (cargo transportation ship) in July 1777 at St. Malo, France
  
• Captured by the Royal Navy some time after September 1777 in Lorient, France

• Purchased at Dunkirk, France between Spring-Summer 1777
  
• Became famous from the Northern Sea to Bay of Biscay for capturing 60 British vessels and destroying 33 in 1777
  
• Sold by the Continental Congress on March 12, 1779
  
• Became a privateer and captured by HMS Galatea on April 27,1779

• Built in France between November 1778 and April 1779
  
• Commissioned on January 3, 1779
  
• Transferred to the Continental Navy under John P. Jones in June 1779
  
• Returned to France in February 1780
  
• Dearmed and sent to a French colony in late 1780, no record exist afterwards

• Built in Philadelphia and launched on April 10, 1780
  
• Disappeared after a storm near Haiti on March 15, 1781

• Launched May 10, 1777 as the Hampshire
  
• Captured after the fall of Charleston in May 11, 1780
  
• Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Halifax
  
• Decommissioned in 1781

• Originally a British supply sloop and was captured May 18, 1775 at St. Johns, Quebec, Canada
  
• Participated in the Battle of Valcour Island and survived
  
• Beached and burned on July 7, 1777 to prevent capture

• Hired by the Rhode Island Committee of Safety as the Katy to protect merchant ships in early 1775
  
• Purchased by Rhode Island on October 31, 1775 and donated to the Continental Navy
  
• Commissioned in the Continental Navy on December 3 and renamed to the USS Providence
  
• Destroyed in Penobscot Bay, Maine on August 14, 1779 to prevent capture

• Rented in December 1775 for the Continental Navy
  
• One sources says the ship was burned while in the Delaware river in November 1777, while another says the ship was captured of the coast of South Carolina in summer 1777

• Unknown when commissioned into the Continental Navy, some time between 1775 and 1776
  
• Rerigged to a brig class in 1777
  
• Wrecked off Okracoke Inlet, North Carolina on April 24, 1778

* - Mosquito is the ship on the left

• Purchased in late 1775 by the Continental Congress
  
• Patrolled the Delaware River until being destroyed in October 1777 after the British capture of Philadelphia

• Originally HMS Racehorse built in 1775 and captured by USS Andrew Doria in December 1776
  
• After capture, sailed to Philadelphia and blockaded
  
• Burnt in November 1777 to prevent capture

• Former Royal Navy ship HMS West Florida, captured in September 1779 after a skirmish with Continental Schooner USS Morris
  
• Spent her short service in the Gulf of Mexico
  
• Sold in Philadelphia in 1780

• Purchased by the Continental Navy in 1777
  
• Last records state she was order to assist in clearing the Cape May channel of British ship in April 1777

• Purchased in October 1778 to capture the HMS Pigot in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
  
• Sources do not list anything else for the ship

• Built for the Pennsylvania State Navy in 1775 and loaned to the Continental Navy in 1777
  
• Burned on November 21, 1777 after army forces retreated from Fort Mercer, Red Bank, New Jersey

• Built for the Pennsylvania State Navy in 1775 and loaned to the Continental Navy in 1777
  
• Burned on November 21, 1777 after army forces retreated from Fort Mercer, Red Bank, New Jersey

All of the paintings were taken from the same sources listed below.

• https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/v/vessels-of-the-continental-navy.html
  
• https://home.nps.gov/sara/learn/historyculture/saratoga-ships.htm#:~:text=Saratoga%20I%3A%20April%201780%20to,in%20the%20Atlantic%20and%20Caribbean.
  
• https://revolutionarywar.us/continental-navy/
  
• https://lcps-stamps.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TheSailingNavy1775-1854Silverstone-2006.pdf
  
• https://books.google.com/books?id=biYBEQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Marine+de+Louis+XVI%22&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s
  * - The link above is to a book in French, I was able to get someone to translate this because I do not read French
  
• https://www.continentalline.org/CL/article-980202/
  
• http://cblights.com/cruising/typesOfSailingVessels.pdf