Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tuatahi ko "Hancock", i whakatakotoria ia i te tau 1777 i runga i te awa o Merrimack i Amesbury, Massachusetts, na nga hoa me nga whanaunga, ko William raua ko James K. Hackett, i whakarewahia i te 28 o Aperira 1778, ka tapaina ko "Alliance" i te 29 o Mei 1778 na te whakataunga o te
Te Rōpū o te Rōpū. Ko tana rangatira tuatahi ko Capt. Pierre Landais, he rangatira o mua o te Navy French i haere mai ki te Ao Hou e tumanako ana ki te noho hei hoa moana o Lafayette. Ko te rangatira tuatahi o te kaipuke i whakaaetia whānuitia hei pera i Amerika. I whakawhiwhia ia e Massachusetts hei taangata honore, a, i whakawhiwhia e te Continental Congress ki a ia te whakahau o "Alliance", i whakaarohia ko te kaipuke pakanga pai rawa atu i hangaia i taua wa i te taha hauauru o te Atlantic.