List of United States state navies in the American Revolutionary War

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This is a list of the United States state navies in the American Revolutionary War. Beginning in 1775 after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, eleven of the Thirteen Colonies established state navies or owned one or more armed merchantmen for military operations. ^[1] Some state navies, including the Massachusetts Naval Militia, were established prior to the creation of the Continental Navy. State navies were usually created to participate in coastal defense operations against the actions of the Royal Navy and British privateers or to assist in shore defenses. Some state navies, like those of New Hampshire and Georgia were quite small; New Hampshire only commissioned one ship. Delaware and New Jersey were the only states that did not commission and operate any ships.