Alliance

Survived

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	36 guns
War	American War of Independence

Continental Navy frigate. Her captain, Pierre Landais, fired into Bonhomme Richard as often as into Serapis and was dismissed. The last ship of the Continental Navy, sold in 1785.

Continental Navy frigate Alliance was the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy, and the order to sell her was given on 3 June 1785 and was sold that summer. No other Navy ships were authorized until 1794, with the order of the six frigates form the new United States Navy. Continental frigate Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

28 × 18-pounder long guns
12 × 9-pounder guns

Builder	William and James K. Hackett
Laid down	1777
Launched	28 April 1778
Length	151 ft (46 m)
Complement	300 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

28 April 1778

Battle of Flamborough Head

Survived

23 September 1779

Fired into both ships

Fate

Survived

Sold into merchant service, 1 August 1785