The HORNET was the first vessel purchased into the Navy's service.  She is an 18' long Hankins Skiff constructed of cedar plank over oak.  When purchased, she was already restored to modern standards.  During the winter of 2000-2001, the crew stripped all of her fittings and began the transformation.  Cotton canvas sails were made, new oars were purchased and the crew custom-made the oak cleats & fittings, thole pins, tiller bar and swivel gun mount.  A one pounder swivel gun sits in the bow, and two boarding axes hang inside under the rail.  Her sail rig consists of a jib and a sprit-rigged main, rows four and is rated for eight men.

Plans have been set in motion to construct a full-scale replica of the Pennsylvania State Navy gunboat BASILISK.  At 30' in length, a crew of twelve and with a 3-pounder cannon in the bow, the BASILISK will take hands-on historical maritime education to the next level.  The Navy has partnered with the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, who will build the vessel once funding is secured.

The also crew man a battery of full-scale 3-pounder cannon on naval carriages.  The guns have been used at Washington Crossing, Fort Mifflin, Fort Mercer, Fort Adams and Fort Ticonderoga.  They also saw service on board Delaware's tall ship KALMAR NYCKEL during OpSail2000.

In 2004 the Navy was voted into the Continental Line as the first naval unit in the organization's history.  Summer finds the Navy sailing the Delaware Bay, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound and Lake Nockamixon as well as attending a host of 18th century tactical and living history events.