Work of the Navy Board 382 The navy in 1777 383 Services rendered by the fleet 383 The campaign on the Delaware, 1777-1778 384 Trials for desertion 386 The Navy Board, 1777-1778 387 The fleet, April-July, 1778 388 Sale of the fleet and dismissal of the Navy Board 388 The “General Greene,” 1779 390 Naval legislation 391 Privateers 392 Commissioners for the defence of the Delaware 393 The “Hyder Ally” and “Washington” 394 The end of the navy 395 CHAPTER XIV.—The Navy of Virginia. Lord Dunmore’s movements in Virginia, 1775 396 Authorization of a navy, December, 1775 396 Work of the Committee of Safety 397 The “Potomac River fleet” 398 The Virginia Navy Board 398 Duties of the Navy Board 399 The location of shipyards 400 Naval manufactories and magazines 401 James Maxwell, naval agent 401 Naval officers 401 Naval increases, 1776 402 Courts of Admiralty 403 Privateers 405 The vessels of the Virginia navy 405 Condition and services of the navy, 1775-1779 407 Losses of the navy, 1775-1779 408 The Board of War and the Naval Commissioner 408 The Commissioner of the Navy 409 Military situation in the South in 1780 410 Naval legislation, 1780 411 The raid of Arnold and Phillips, 1781 413 The navy at Yorktown 415 Dismissal of the officers, seamen, and Commissioner 415 Virginia’s defence of Chesapeake Bay, 1782-1783 415 The end of the navy 416 CHAPTER XV.—The Navy of South Carolina. First naval enterprises of South Carolina 418