The United States will lose multiple ships throughout 1778, two of which includes the Raleigh and the Alfred. The Marines would also be recruited for the Willing expedition and head to Mississippi to confront British loyalists.
References:
Chávez, T. E. (2003). Spain and the independence of the United States an intrinsic gift. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Gray, E. G., & Kamensky, J. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press.
Naval Documents of the American Revolution, naval History and Heritage Command
Smith, C. R., & Waterhouse, C. H. (1975). Marines in the Revolution: a history of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Washington: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.