Ta gaba ta shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Chesapeake, St.
da Saintes. A yakin Chesapeake a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1781, a karkashin Kyaftin Alexander Hood (daga baya Lord Bridport), ta sake zama tutar Samuel Hood, na biyu a cikin umarni ga Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves. Yaƙin ya ɓace ga Faransanci a karkashin de Grasse, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a sakamakon yakin Amurka.