In addition to the book John mentioned, you  might find the following of 
interest.

Robert Armistead Stewart, /Virginia’s Navy of the Revolution/ (Richmond, 
Va.: Mitchell & Hotchkiss, 1934).

  Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, /Revolutionary War Records, Volume 1, 
Virginia/ (Lancaster, Penn.: Lancaster Press, 1936).

A more extensive list of resources can be found in Michael Wood's 
article on the crew of the /Tempest /in the/Magazine of Virginia 
Genealogy / 56 (2018), No. 2 (currently at press).

Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS
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On 6/13/2018 11:56 AM, Judith ERSKINE wrote:
> I'm interested in knowing more about the Virginia Navy.  My ancestor,
> Michael Rooney,  appeared in Fairfax in 1784 , moving on to Berkeley in
> 1806.   Local biographies  say he was rumored to have  been in the navy or
> a sea rover, pirate or corsair.  Any info or hints would be appreciated.
>
> Judy Erskine
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra's chapter on the Virginia navy in his *Guide to
>> Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution* (LVA, 1978)
>> lists vessels and officers.
>>
>> Mike occasionally mentioned numbers of sailors (depending on what kind of
>> information he found in the huge range of LVA archival collections cited at
>> p 207 n 6),
>> though he seems to have had more consistent figures for the crews on about
>> 65 cruisers and privateers (pp 163-172) of about 100 that were issued
>> letters of marque.
>>
>> --
>> Jon Kukla                            www.jonkukla.com
>> ________________
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Barbara Vines Little <
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>>
>>> A recent contributor of a compiled list of the crew of the /Tempest/ to
>>> the /Magazine of Virginia Genealogy/ posed a question I could not answer,
>>> but one I thought someone on this list might know the answer to or a
>> source
>>> for additional research.
>>>
>>> One of the questions in my mind, which you might be able to offer some
>>> insight into, is just _"how many" men served with the Virginia Navy_ from
>>> 1775-1783?
>>>
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>>> Orange, VA 22960
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