Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Markii hore waxaa loo magacaabay "Hancock", waxaa lagu dejiyey 1777 Wabiga Merrimack ee Amesbury, Massachusetts, oo ay sameeyeen lammaaneyaasha iyo adeerka, William iyo James K. Hackett, oo la bilaabay 28 Abriil 1778, waxaana loo beddelay "Alliance" 29 May 1778 go'aankii Golaha
Koongareeska Qaaradda. Sarkaalkeedii ugu horeeyay wuxuu ahaa Kabtan Pierre Landais, sarkaal hore oo ka tirsan ciidamada badda ee Faransiiska oo u yimid aduunka cusub isagoo rajeynaya inuu noqdo dhiggiisa badda ee Lafayette. Kabtankii ugu horeeyay ee markabka dagaalka ee Frigate ayaa si weyn loogu aqbalay Mareykanka. Massachusetts waxay ka dhigtay muwaadin sharafeed, Congress-ka Continental-ka ayaana siiyay amar ku saabsan "Alliance", oo loo maleynayo inay tahay markabkii ugu fiicnaa ee dagaal ee laga dhisay dhinaca galbeed ee Atlantic.