Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Navy yakadzika midzi mutsika dzomugungwa dzomunyika, idzo dzakabudisa nzanga huru yavatyairi vengarava, vakuru vengarava, uye vavaki vengarava. Mumatanho okutanga eHondo yeAmerican Revolutionary War, Massachusetts yakanga ine yayo Massachusetts Naval Militia. Nheyo dzokugadzwa kwechikepe chenyika dzakakurukurwa muChipiri
Dare reContinental. Vatsigiri vaiti uto rehondo raizodzivirira kufamba nengarava, kudzivirira mhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye kuita kuti zvive nyore kutsvaka rutsigiro kubva kunyika dzokumwe. Vatsoropodzi vakapindura kuti kupokana neBritish Royal Navy, panguva iyoyo simba guru romugungwa munyika, kwakanga kuri basa roupenzi. Mukuru Mukuru wehondo George Washington akagadzirisa gakava racho paakarayira ngarava inofamba nomugungwa USS "Hannah" kuti itadzise vatengesi vokuBritain uye yakashuma kutapwa kwacho kuCongress. Musi wa13 October 1775, Continental Congress yakapa mvumo yokutenga ngarava mbiri kuti dzishandiswe zvombo kuti dziende kunorwisa vatengesi vokuBritain; chisarudzo ichi chakagadzira Continental Navy uye inoonekwa sekutanga kweU.S. Navy. Mauto ehondo eContinental akawana migumisiro yakasiyana-siyana; akabudirira mukubatana kwakawanda uye akapamba ngarava zhinji dzevatengesi veBritain, asi akarasikirwa nemakumi maviri nemana engarava dzake uye pane imwe nguva akaderedzwa kuva maviri mubasa rinoshanda. Muna August 1785, pashure pokunge Hondo yeRevolution yapera, Congress yakanga yatengesa, ngarava yokupedzisira yakanga yasara muContinental Navy nemhaka yokushayikwa kwemari yokuchengetedza ngarava kana kutsigira ngarava.