Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An fara suna "Hancock", an sa shi a 1777 a kan kogin Merrimack a Amesbury, Massachusetts, ta abokan hulɗa da 'yan uwan, William da James K. Hackett, wanda aka kaddamar a ranar 28 ga Afrilu 1778, kuma aka sake suna "Alliance" a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1778 ta hanyar yanke shawara na Majalisar Dattijai
Ka yi haƙuri. Kwamandansa na farko shi ne Kyaftin Pierre Landais, tsohon jami'in sojan ruwa na Faransa wanda ya zo New World yana fatan ya zama takwaransa na Lafayette. An yarda da kyaftin din farko na frigate a matsayin irin wannan a Amurka. Massachusetts ya sanya shi dan kasa mai daraja kuma Majalisar Tarayyar Turai ta ba shi umurnin "Alliance", wanda ake zaton shi ne mafi kyawun jirgin ruwa da aka gina a wannan kwanan wata a yammacin Atlantic.