The birth of the US Navy on 13th October 1775 formed a defensive measure to protect the growing needs of developing countries from the influence of the world's largest navy - the British fleet. Esek Hopkins is a brother of powerful Rhode Island politicians elected the first mainland navy commander. During the war between France and India, Hopkins soon became an experienced businessman and took part in favorable privatization of British merchant ships.
Prior to the departure of the first mission in December 1775, the newly appointed Navy Commander Esec Hopkins will acquire the yellow rattlesnake flag from Gadsden as its flagship specific personal standard. 289 Hopkins was appointed to lead the navy before leading the Union of Artillery Unions at Providence. In the flag of the Providence artillery train of 1775, there was a coiled rattlesnake and the motto "Please do not trod on me", and on the golden background, there was an anchor, a cannon and a motto of "we want God." The flag of Hopkins as the mainland navy's commander is a simplified version of the design.
In the fall of 1775, the mainland navy was served by General George Washington as general commander of all continents until Esec Hopkins was appointed brigadier. The Navy began with seven ships. And it is often called the "Washington cruiser", with the motto flying over the "Free Tree Flag" depicting a green pine tree, a "Call to Heaven". This is a letter from Colonel Joseph Reed who was an assistant professor of Washington on October 20, 1775 and has been deposited at the Library of Congress. These first ships were used to intercept the British ship which took the British supply and carried war supply to the colonial British army to supply them to the Great Army. Captain John Manley was wearing 30,000 pairs of shoes on the boat. However, as the US Navy Minister demanded a 2% 1% fee before he released the Washington Army's supplies, many soldiers marched with bare feet in the snow.