Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto Ehondo eUnited States anoti October 13, 1775 ndiro zuva rokugadzwa kwawo pamutemo, apo Second Continental Congress yakapa chisarudzo chokusika Continental Navy. Nokuguma kweHondo yeIndependence yeAmerica, Continental Navy yakaparadzwa. Pasi peMutungamiri wokutanga George Washington, kutyisidzira ngarava dzevatengesi dzeAmerica nemakororo eBarbary kubva kuNorth Africa nyika ina dzechiMuslim muMediterranean dzakatungamirira kuMutemo weNaval we1794, uyo wakasika U.S. Navy inogara iripo. Ngarava nhanhatu dzokutanga dzakabvumirwa sechikamu cheMutemo. Kwemakore 20 akatevera, Navy yakarwisana neFrench Republic Navy muQuasi-War (1798<unk>99), Barbary states in the
Hondo Yokutanga neYechipiri yeBarbary, uye vaBritain muHondo ya1812. Pashure peHondo ya 1812, U.S. Navy yakanga ine rugare kusvikira Hondo yeMexico neAmerica muna 1846, uye yakashumira kurwisa piracy muMediterranean neCaribbean makungwa, pamwe nekurwisa kutengeswa kwevaranda pamhenderekedzo yeWest Africa. Muna 1845, Naval Academy yakavambwa paFort Severn yekare paAnnapolis, Maryland neChesapeake Bay. Muna 1861, Hondo yeVanhu veAmerica yakatanga uye U.S. Navy yakarwisa Confederate States Navy duku nezvikepe zvose zvengarava uye zvitsva zvitsva zvengarava dzesimbi apo dzichiumba kuvharwa kwakavhara kutakura kweguta kweguta reConfederation. Pashure peHondo yaVanhu, ngarava dzayo zhinjisa dzakaiswa munzvimbo dzokuchengetera, uye pakasvika 1878, Navy yakanga ine varume 6.000 bedzi.