Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga ainzi "Hancock", akaiswa pasi muna 1777 paRwizi rweMerrimack paAmesbury, Massachusetts, nevashandi pamwe nevanin'ina, William naJames K. Hackett, vakatanga musi wa 28 April 1778, uye vakatumidzwa zita rokuti "Alliance" musi wa 29 May 1778 nechisarudzo che
Dare reContinental. Mukuru mukuru wayo wokutanga akanga ari Kaputeni Pierre Landais, aimbova mukuru mukuru wehondo yeFrance uyo akanga auya kuNyika Itsva achitarisira kuva mutevedzeri wehondo yaLafayette. Kaputeni wokutanga wechikepe chehondo chehondo yechikepe akagamuchirwa zvikuru saakadaro muAmerica. Massachusetts yakamuita mugari womuchadenga anokudzwa uye Continental Congress yakamupa chiremera che"Alliance", inofungidzirwa kuva ngarava yehondo yakanakisisa yakavakwa kusvikira panguva iyoyo kurutivi rwokumadokero rweAtlantic.