 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Hopkins naNicholas vakanga vachifamba nomugungwa reAtlantic neCaribbean, Congress yakapa mvumo kuMarine Committee kuti itenge mamwe mabhirigantine maviri nokuda kweContinental Navy. Dare reMarine rakatenga brigantine Wild Duck, kubva kuDare reMaryland reChengetedzo ndokuritumidza zita idzva, richipemberera hondo muLexingtonweMiddlesex County. Lexington ipapo yakashandurwa kuWharton and Humphreys Shipyard muPhiladelphia nokuda kwokugadzirirwa basa reContinental. John Barry akapiwa basa somukuru mukuru muContinental Navy, musi wa 14 March 1776; pamwe chete nebasa iri akaenda kutungamira kwe Lexington, ngarava yake yokutanga yehondo. Dare reMarine reContinental Congress rakatenga chikepe chevatengesi Molly musi wa 28 Kurume 1776; akachinjwa zita ndokuiswa pasi pekutungamirirwa naKaputeni Lambert Wickes. Zvikepe zviviri izvi zvaifanira kushandiswa kuzadza nhamburiko dzePennsylvania Navy mukubvisa nzira dzakaderera dzeRwizi rweDelaware. Vakagadzawo kaputeni wengarava uye vakuru vakuru veMarine vana vatsva nokuda kwechikepe chimwe nechimwe, vose avo muna March 1776 vakanga vachinyoresa enlistees. 