Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ebu ụzọ kpọọ ya "Hancock", a tọgbọrọ ya na 1777 na Merrimack River na Amesbury, Massachusetts, site n'aka ndị mmekọ na ụmụ nwanne nna, William na James K. Hackett, bidoro na 28 Eprel 1778, wee kpọọ ya "Alliance" na 29 Mee 1778 site na mkpebi nke
Ụlọ Nzukọ Ndị Isi. Onyeisi ndị agha ya nke mbụ bụ Captain Pierre Landais, onye bụbu onye isi ndị agha mmiri France nke bịara n'Ụwa Ọhụrụ na-enwe olileanya ịghọ onye agha mmiri nke Lafayette. A nabatara onyeisi ụgbọ mmiri mbụ ahụ n'ebe nile dị ka onye dị otú ahụ n'America. Massachusetts mere ya nwa amaala nsọpụrụ na Continental Congress nyere ya iwu nke "Alliance", nke a na-eche na ọ bụ ụgbọ agha kachasị mma e wuru ruo ụbọchị ahụ n'akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke Atlantic.