American Colonial Marines were State Marines raised for the various state navies that came into existence shortly before the Revolutionary War.

During the Revolutionary War, eleven out of thirteen colonies that had institutionalized a state navy also designated a crew of marines.

Pennsylvania Committee of Public established a state navy, the Pennsylvania Navy, to protect the Delaware River and the its avenue of approaches.

This work contains summary information on each of the various state navies.

The French Navy was the only standing navy to fight the British, alongside the modest Continental and American state navies and American privateers.

In state navies, some blacks served as pilots, South Carolina had significant numbers of black pilots.

In April 1778, construction was authorized on the largest ship in the state navy.

Unfortunately, due to the disaster of the Penobscot Expedition, it was then the only ship in the state navy.

As a result, Rhode Island established their own state navy.

Proving that the state navy strengthened as well, Michael was a victor in a conflict with the Arab pirates near the Italian peninsula Gargano in 969.