that picture of john glover that you see in the left hand side. and i mentioned that there were many out there as well. privateers were served in the role of marines as well, particular on some of the larger ships. an example, this is a gentleman named william shippen. william shippen was a 27 year old merchant from philadelphia. and the of four. he started the war as a privateer before assuming command of the marine detachment on board the pennsylvania state flagship, the montgomery. each of the separate stage had their own navies as well because the continental congress had not yet been able to acquire the resources to build a national navy with the british international eyes now on philadelphia's doorstep ship and went ashore to fight beside the continental marines as a member of the philadelphia militia unit known as the s.o.s. unfortunately, ship would be killed in the battle of princeton in the coming weeks, making him the first state marine to be killed in the war. the pennsylvania navy consisted of 48 vessels of various sizes to include tw