The historian, Willis J. Abbot, in his well known work, The Naval History of the United States, makes the following reference to Captain Manley:
In October, 1775, Congress fitted out and ordered to sea, a number of small vessels. Of these the first to sail was the Lee under command of Captain John Manley, whose honorable name, won in the opening years of the Revolution, fairly entitled him to the station of the father of the American Navy.
They used the title Captain.
The historian, Willis J. Abbot, in his well known work, The Naval History of the United States, makes the following reference to Captain Manley: In October, 1775, Congress fitted out and ordered to sea, a number of small vessels. Of these the first to sail was the Lee under command of Captain John Manley, whose honorable name, won in the opening years of the Revolution, fairly entitled him to the station of the father of the American Navy.
Ah thank you! This will be another interesting book to look at
https://www.amazon.com/Naval-History-United-States/dp/1346541175