Order of Battle
| Ship (type, guns) | Commander | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise (sloop, 12) | James Smith | Hospital ship, escaped |
| Royal Savage (schooner, 12) | David Hawley | Ran aground and burned October 11 |
| Trumbull (row galley, 10) | Seth Warner (left flag, Wigglesworth) | Escaped Called Schuyler prior to launch Also referred to as Trumble |
| Washington (row galley, 10) | John Thatcher (right flag, Waterbury) | Damaged October 11 Captured October 13 |
| Revenge (sloop, 8) | Isaac Seamon | Escaped |
| Congress (row galley, 8) | James Arnold (flag ship, Benedict Arnold) | Ran aground and burned October 13 |
| Lee (row galley, 6) | Captain Daviss | Ran aground October 13 Recovered by British |
| Boston (gundalow, 3) | Captain Sumner | Ran aground and burned October 13 |
| Connecticut (gundalow, 3) | Joshua Grant | Ran aground and burned October 13 |
| Jersey (gundalow, 3) | Captain Grimes | Abandoned October 13 Recovered by British Also referred to as New Jersey |
| New Haven (gundalow, 3) | Samuel Mansfield | Ran aground and burned October 13 |
| New York (gundalow, 3) | Captain Lee | cannon exploded Escaped Called Success prior to launch |
| Philadelphia (gundalow, 3) | Benjamin Rue | Sank October 11 Raised 1935 |
| Providence (gundalow, 3) | Isaiah Simonds | Sank October 13 |
| Spitfire (gundalow, 3) | Philip Ulmer | Sank October 12 near Schuyler Island; wreck located in 1997 |
| Ship descriptions and dispositions (but not captains) provided by Silverstone (2006), pp. 15–16, unless otherwise cited. Ship captains are all as cited. | ||
| Ship (type, guns) | Commander | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Inflexible (square-rigged ship, 22) | John Schank | Participated in later stages of battle |
| Thunderer (ketch-radeau, 18) | George Scott | Did not participate in main action |
| Maria (schooner, 14) | John Starke (flagship, Pringle and Carleton) | Did not participate in main action |
| Carleton (schooner, 12) | James Dacres | Heavily damaged October 11 |
| Loyal Convert (gundalow, 7) | Edward Longcroft | Also called Royal Convert or Loyal Consort |
| 28 unnamed gunboats (gunboat, 1) | unknown | One destroyed October 11; many others damaged, two lost after action |
| Ship descriptions and dispositions are from Nelson (2006), p. 33. | ||
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