Rebel Alliance Navy

As the rebellion against the Galactic Empire began, disparate rebel cells started working together to oppose the Empire's rule. This collaboration led to the initial formation of a rebel fleet.

In 4 BBY, the Phoenix Cell, a sector fleet within the Alliance, deployed three CR90 corvettes to aid the rebel cell known as the Spectres during a battle over Mustafar. These corvettes destroyed a number of TIE fighters before successfully extracting the Spectres into space. The Spectres then discovered they were just one of many such cells. Later, parts of the rebel fleet attacked an Imperial convoy and seized several deflector shield generators. While hidden in deep space, Phoenix Squadron's starships were attacked by the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who destroyed all but two A-wings and the Squadron's flagship Phoenix Home. Despite these setbacks, the rebels managed to escape into hyperspace before Imperial reinforcements could arrive.

When Captain Rex joined Phoenix Cell, he gave them intelligence regarding the locations of former Republic bases in the Outer Rim Territories, along with Separatist, pirate, smuggler, and some Mandalorian installations. Subsequently, the Rebel Fleet launched two attempts to penetrate the Imperial blockade of Ibaar. Following the loss of a corvette, rebel pilot Captain Hera Syndulla successfully broke through the blockade using a prototype B-wing starfighter. This accomplishment led to her promotion to Phoenix Leader. Later in 3 BBY, the Rebel Fleet was compelled to abandon their facilities in Garel City after the Empire initiated an attack on the planet Garel. Although at least one ship was shot down, the majority of the fleet successfully escaped into hyperspace.

Upon learning about the Rebel Fleet's losses, Senator Bail Organa dispatched three Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes to reinforce their forces. The Spectres and Ryder Azadi managed to steal these ships from the Lothal Depot with assistance from Princess Leia Organa. During a diplomatic mission to the Concord Dawn system, Phoenix Squadron was attacked by Fenn Rau's Fang fighters. As a response, the rebels attacked the Protectors' camp on the third moon of Concord Dawn and captured Rau. This resulted in Rau granting the rebel fleet safe passage through the Concord Dawn system.

Later, due to the loss of A-wings, the rebels stole an Imperial Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier above Ryloth with the help of the Free Ryloth Movement. This stolen Imperial ship was repurposed as their new fighter carrier and flagship, named Phoenix Nest. The Empire subsequently attempted to lure the rebel fleet into a trap within the Yost system by attacking Phoenix Squadron in deep space. However, the rebel astromech droid Chopper and the defecting Imperial inventory droid AP-5 provided the rebel fleet with the coordinates of a safe planet called Atollon. Atollon became the location of a new rebel base known as Chopper Base.

In 2 BBY, the Imperial tactician Grand Admiral Thrawn focused his efforts on defeating the rebel fleet, considering them a threat to the Empire's armada and the Galacti Emperor Sheev Palpatine's overarching master plan. Under his command, Governor Arihnda Pryce, Admiral Kassius Konstantine, and Imperial Security Bureau Agent Alexandr Kallus intercepted Phoenix Cell above the planet Yarma. However, Thrawn realized that this was not the entire Rebel Fleet and ordered his subordinates to allow the rebels to escape with five stolen BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/boming bombers. These Y-wings were delivered to General Jan Dodonna's unit.

Later, Phoenix Cell of the rebel fleet evacuated rebel sympathizers from the planet Mykapo before an Imperial crackdown. Commander Jun Sato also managed to rescue his nephew Captain Mart Mattin and his Iron Squadron with the help of the Spectres. Thrawn permitted Phoenix Cell to escape into space because he was primarily interested in locating the main Rebel Fleet.

After Admiral Kassius Konstantine's unsuccessful attempt to capture Chancellor Mon Mothma, starships from various rebel cells (including one Mon Calamari Cruiser, four Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes, one Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carrier, eight CR90 corvettes, five Nebulon-B escort frigates, and two GR-75 medium transports) gathered at Dantooine to form the Rebel Alliance's official fleet for combating the Empire.

Bail and Breha Organa started to create the Rebel fleet early in the war. Much of its inventory was refurbished in Rebel shipyards, such as Paucris Major. The Organas also stole an Imperial medical frigate.

One of the first battles that the newly formed Alliance Fleet participated in occurred when the Phoenix Cell and a part of the Massassi Group gathered at Chopper Base on Atollon. They planned to attack the TIE/d "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighter factories on Lothal with the support of the Lothal resistance group. However, Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered their plan to attack his factories and their location. His Fleet ambushed the rebels, who then tried to escape. Thrawn's Interdictor vessels kept the rebels at Atollon, and they began attacking his blockade. The battle was a major defeat for the Alliance, with many of their ships being destroyed by TIE/sa bombers, and Phoenix Cell's flagship ramming into one of the Interdictors. Jedi Commander Ezra Bridger escaped the system, leaving the remaining rebels to defend the base from Thrawn's ground forces. Thrawn quickly seized the base, but not for long, as a Force-sensitive creature called the Bendu attacked both sides. Ezra returned with reinforcements, and they destroyed the second Interdictor Vessel, allowing the remaining rebels to escape. Only the Ghost, two Hammerhead corvettes, the CR90 corvette Liberator, and a few starfighters survived.

Despite the losses from previous battles, the Alliance began to gain more support and ships. The first significant operation of the Alliance Fleet occurred at Scarif. Here, a fleet led by Admiral Raddus attacked the Imperial Shield Gate above Scarif to assist in the theft of the Death Star plans from the Citadel Tower below. Despite having many ships, the rebel fleet was still outgunned, as most of their ships were transports, frigates, and corvettes, with the Profundity being their only capital ship at the time. Despite the lack of capital ships, the Alliance ships fought fiercely. Raddus ordered Blue Squadron to fly through the shield gate before it closed and support the ground forces. Meanwhile, Red, Gold, and Green Squadron defended the fleet while attacking the shield gate to divert its attention. The Y-wings of Gold Squadron disabled one of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, while the Heartbound and Deviant prevented the other Star Destroyer from advancing.

Raddus then received news from the ground that the plans for the Death Star had been obtained and that the shield gate needed to be destroyed for them to be transmitted. Therefore, Raddus devised a plan for the Sphyrna-class corvette Lightmaker to ram the disabled Star Destroyer into the functioning one. The Lightmaker successfully did this and brought the Destroyer into the shield gate. Raddus' ship, the Profundity, then received the plans from the rebels in the citadel tower. Their victory was short-lived when the Death Star arrived and destroyed the Imperial complex and everything around it on the ground. Raddus ordered the fleet to retreat, and the rebel ships began jumping to hyperspace. During their retreat, the Devastator arrived, destroyed several ships, and disabled the Profundity. Rebel soldiers on the Profundity downloaded the plans onto a memory piece and escaped on the Tantive IV before Darth Vader could intercept them. The Profundity was then destroyed, taking Raddus and his crew with it.

Following its escape from Scarif, the Tantive IV was fleeing. It had been damaged while inside the Profundity and barely made it to Tatooine before its hyperdrive failed. It was pursued by the Devastator, which tracked its leaking radiation from the damaged hyperdrive. Unable to fight effectively, the Tantive IV was soon pulled into the hangar of the Devastator. Darth Vader and his stormtroopers stormed the ship, killing many rebels, and Leia was captured and taken to the Death Star.

The Alliance finally received the Death Star plans from Organa, who had been rescued from the Death Star by Vader’s son Luke Skywalker, Captain Han Solo, and the latter’s partner Chewbacca. Their next step was to exploit its weakness—a small thermal exhaust port that led to the reactor—to destroy it. Vader tracked Han's ship, the Millennium Falcon, to Yavin 4, revealing the location of Great Temple to the Empire, just as he had done to find the Rebel Fleet four years earlier. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Governor of the Outer Rim Territories, took the Death Star to Yavin, and the battle station began orbiting the gas giant, which would soon put it in firing range of the moon where the rebels were based. With limited time, the rebels sent Red, Gold, and Green Squadrons to attack the Death Star. The force of 30 X-wings and Y-wings began destroying turret emplacements and fending off the incoming TIE Fighters defending the Death Star.

Gold Squadron was the first to make an attack run through the Death Star's trench with three Y-wings, flown by Gold Leader Captain Jon Vander, Gold Two Dex Tiree, and Gold Five Davish Krail. They started targeting the exhaust port with their targeting computers but soon came under fire from Darth Vader and two other TIE fighter pilots. The three were killed before they could fire upon the exhaust port. The second attack run was performed by Red Squadron with 3 X-wings flown by Red Leader Commander Garven Dreis, Red Ten Theron Nett, and Red Twelve Puck Naeco. Theron and Puck were shot down by Darth Vader, but Garven managed to get a shot on the exhaust port, which missed. Garven was then shot down by Vader when pulling out of the Death Star's trench.

The final trench run was made by three of the remaining Red Squadron X-wings flown by Red Two Wedge Antilles, Red Three Biggs Darklighter, and Red Five Lieutenant Skywalker. They were also pursued by Darth Vader, who destroyed Biggs's X-wing and damaged Wedge's X-wing to the point where he had to withdraw. Luke was about to be destroyed when Han Solo arrived in the Millennium Falcon and attacked Vader and his escort. Vader escaped, allowing Luke to make the shot on the exhaust port. Only Luke, Han, Wedge, and Gold Three Lieutenant Evaan Verlaine survived. The Death Star exploded, killing Governor Tarkin and many other high-ranking Imperial officers who were members of the Joint Chiefs, like ISB Colonel Wullf Yularen, at the hands of Skywalker.

Following the battle, Admiral Gial Ackbar, promoted to replace the late Raddus, and the Rebel Fleet arrived at Yavin 4 to begin evacuating their base. Afterwards, the Rebel Fleet orbited the remote world of Orto Plutonia while waiting for a suitable base of operations to be established, sending rebel troopers to the planet below for training exercises. The mathematical genius Drusil Bephorin correctly predicted that the Rebel Fleet would be located there and was later rescued from her Imperial captivity by Skywalker. Following the rebel attack on Cymoon 1, Princess Leia and her team rendezvoused with the fleet to meet Ackbar and Mothma.

Sometime after, Skywalker and Organa undertook an undercover diplomatic mission to Tibrin to rally the Ishi Tib to their cause. The mission succeeded, and the fleet of the Ishi Tib joined the rebels.

After the Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion capitalized on its momentum and launched the Mid Rim Offensive, which involved thousands of warships and hundreds of battle groups. The campaign was unsuccessful, forcing the rebel forces to retreat.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, at least five Alliance starfighter squadrons were stationed at the Rebel Refueling Base on Vrogas Vas, including Red Squadron. Their time there was cut short, however, when Darth Vader arrived in the system to find Skywalker. Vader was confronted by Red, Blue, and Yellow Squadron. Without hesitation, the Dark Lord of the Sith began destroying their X-wings until Skywalker crashed his X-wing into Vader's TIE. The pair plummeted towards the surface, and the Y-wings of Gray Squadron began searching for them. Unfortunately for them, Gray Squadron found Vader first, and the Sith began hurling rocks at them, destroying the Y-wings one by one.

The Rebel Refueling Base began sending ground forces towards Vader's position, escorted by the T-47 airspeeders of Cyan Squadron. They faced Vader, who outsmarted the rebels by activating their grenades and scattering them. Many airspeeders were destroyed in the fight. Later, Leia Organa ordered the Y-wings of Amber Wing to bombard Vader's new position. The Y-wings were intercepted by the Imperial forces led by Commander Karbin. The remaining rebels began retreating as infighting between Vader and Karbin broke out. Karbin was killed in the fight.

Following the death of King Lee-Char and the mutiny on Mon Cala, twelve Mon Calamari cruisers joined the Alliance Fleet and gathered around the Mako-Ta Space Docks and for months were converted with Shu-Torun technology into warships. The Alliance leadership, along with Queen Trios of Shu-Torun, celebrated the completion and gathering of the fleet with a light show performed by X-wing pilots. After the light show, the fleet prepared to launch into hyperspace and scatter throughout the galaxy, ready to be called upon to fight the Empire, but when the launch was attempted, the fleet discovered that their hyperdrives were inoperable. After it was revealed that the Shu-Torun technology was inoperable, Alliance leadership could only watch in despair as Darth Vader's Death Squadron arrived and destroyed Yavin's Hope, killing Willard and his entire crew.

Following Willard's death, the Alliance discovered that the hangar doors on the Mon Cala ships could still open automatically if a ship flew close enough to their sensors. In an attempt to mobilize the Alliance's starfighters, General Bandwin Cor flew a shuttle towards a Mon Cala cruiser, but his shuttle was destroyed, killing him. Shortly after General Cor's death, Solo arrived in the Millennium Falcon. He was briefed on the situation and made a run at the hangar doors of General Dodonna's cruiser, but he was pursued by Vader. C-3PO was able to get word to Skywalker about the hangar doors, and Skywalker was able to make the doors open from the inside. Luke, Wedge Antilles, and several other pilots flew their X-Wings into battle, flying under the squadron name Rogue Squadron, in honor of Sergeant Jyn Erso who died at the Battle of Scarif.

Rogue Squadron managed to force open the hangar bays of various star cruisers. This allowed the Rebellion to deploy all its starfighters, but crucial systems like hyperdrives and weapons remained disabled. Leia Organa, accompanied by Davits Draven, infiltrated the Executor to secure Trios' override codes. During this mission, Darth Vader began to pursue them. Leia successfully retrieved the codes, but Draven was killed by Vader while trying to delay him, ensuring Leia's escape. Leia delivered the codes to Dodonna's cruiser, the Republic, which then successfully jumped to hyperspace. Upon reaching safety, Skywalker and Organa insisted that General Dodonna return his cruiser to the ongoing battle to rescue the remaining fleet. Despite his initial reluctance, Dodonna ultimately agreed.

Upon its return, Dodonna's flagship started broadcasting the override codes to the rest of the fleet. General Syndulla, upon receiving these codes, commanded her cruiser, the Geist, to engage the Imperial forces while the codes were being distributed to the remaining Rebel ships. As the battle neared its end, Jan Dodonna's cruiser sustained heavy damage, crippling its engines. Dodonna then ordered his ship to provide covering fire, protecting the rest of the fleet as they made the jump to hyperspace. After the last cruiser escaped, Dodonna's vessel was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of him and his entire crew. Despite many managing to escape the carnage, the Rebels suffered devastating losses, including most of their cruisers, key leaders, and almost ninety percent of their starfighters.

Following the Mako-Ta disaster, Commander Skywalker, Solo, and General Organa became separated from the Alliance. They then enlisted Sana Starros to assist them in locating the scattered fleet. While en route to meet a contact on Brentaal IV, they encountered an Imperial destroyer and were compelled to land on the secluded moon of Hubin. During their stay, Skywalker, Organa, and Solo, along with the native Clan Markona, engaged in combat with SCAR Squadron. Eventually, they fled the moon. The Empire's attack on Hubin motivated Clan Markona to join the Alliance. When they finally connected with their contact, who provided the fleet's location, Clan Markona was dispatched to support Syndulla. Simultaneously, Skywalker, Organa, and Solo met with Admiral Ackbar in the Kaliida Nebula, where he informed them of the extensive losses suffered since the battle at Mako-Ta.

In 3 ABY, the Alliance had established a base on the icy planet Hoth. Its location remained concealed for a month until Darth Vader discovered it. He then deployed his armada to Hoth, effectively blockading the planet. The Alliance Fleet utilized various transport vessels to evacuate personnel and equipment from Echo Base. GR-75 medium transports, escorted by X-wings, attempted to break through the blockade under the protection of the Alliance's V-150 Planet Defender, with many being destroyed in the process. On the ground, the T-47 airspeeders of Rogue Squadron and Corona Squadron fought against the All Terrain Armored Transports of Blizzard Force. Although the battle resulted in a significant defeat for the Rebellion, a considerable number of Rebels managed to escape Hoth.

Following the defeat at Hoth, the Rebel Fleet implemented the scatter protocol. This involved dispersing the fleet into small, isolated groups throughout the galaxy. The goal was to prevent the Empire from achieving a swift propaganda victory, as they had on Hoth, and to overextend the Imperial Navy as it attempted to pursue the scattered Rebel forces. In contrast to the previous daring engagements following the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Fleet now focused on survival. Under Operation Starlight, the Alliance initiated efforts to reassemble its fleet. While the rebels ultimately decided to maintain their forces divided into different task forces for the overall fleet's own safety, the navy would stand as a united force for a time.

The Syndicate War orchestrated by Crimson Dawn provided the rebels with a window of opportunity to rebuild their fleet, as Emperor Palpatine's attention was diverted. This allowed them to increase their numbers. Although Crimson Dawn was ultimately destroyed in the Battle at Amaxine Station, the Rebel fleet launched the Unity Day attack in the months following the Battle of Hoth. This was to demonstrate that the Alliance had survived its defeat. When Mothma was kidnapped by Scarabi mcernaries during the Trial of Lando Calrissian, Ackbar activated Tactical Plan Eighteen. This plan involved dispersing the fleet to ensure its safety, in case Mothma was compromised during her captivity. The fleet remained divided until he was ready to issue an all-clear signal. Imprisoned within Safe House Four, Mothma attempted, and nearly succeeded, in convincing Scarabi leader Hachi to release her. However, another Scarabi mercenary executed Hachi. Subsequently, the Pathfinders—joined by Chewbacca and Calrissian, who sought to prove his loyalty to the Alliance—successfully rescued Mothma.

A new rebel base was eventually established on the remote world of 5251977, serving as a station for various rebel ships. Two rebel vessels, the CR90 corvette Thunderstrike and its escort, the Braha'tok-class gunship Apailana's Promise, began targeting Imperial strongholds in the Mid Rim. This was after they realized the Imperial Navy's forces in the area had been stretched thin by the hunt for rebels in the Outer Rim. Aided by the soldiers of Twilight Company, the two ships destroyed numerous production lines in the region, drawing forces from Kuat. They planned to attack Kuat Drive Yards until the Thunderstrike was destroyed at the Siege of Inyusu Tor.

Following a crucial meeting on the Outer Rim planet of Zastiga, numerous members of the Alliance learned about the existence and location of the second Death Star. Before launching their attack, the fleet converged over Sullust, a planet recently liberated by Twilight Company. They understood that failure to immediately destroy the Empire's battle station would mean the end for the entire revolutionary movement. Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian joined the fleet after rescuing Captain Solo from Tatooine. They were soon joined by Skywalker, who returned from Dagobah.

Before the fleet could attack the Death Star, a small strike team of Rebel Commandos had to disable the shield generator operating from the Forest moon of Endor. However, the team's attempt was foiled by an Imperial trap at the base. Utilizing the Sanctuary Pipeline, the Alliance Fleet arrived at Endor and the squadrons of starfighters moved in to attack the Death Star. Led by General Calrissian aboard the Millennium Falcon, the squadrons consisted of X-wings, Y-wings, A-wings, and B-wings. However, before the mass of starfighters could reach the Death Star, Lando discovered that the shield was still active, forcing the entire fleet to turn around to avoid colliding with it.

The Alliance fleet was then confronted by a fleet of Imperial-class Star Destroyers, led by the Super Star Destroyer Executor. Imperial TIEs engaged the rebel fighters, and a fierce battle erupted around the rebel fleet. The larger capital ships of the Imperial fleet remained inactive under the Emperor's direct orders. At that moment, the second Death Star's operational superlaser began firing on the Alliance Fleet, obliterating the MC80 Star Cruisers Liberty and Nautilian. Ackbar ordered the rebel fleet to move into close proximity with the Imperial fleet to avoid the Death Star's fire, which would also affect the Star Destroyers if they were too close.

Despite their initial failure, the Endor strike team succeeded in capturing the main base on Endor and destroying the shield generator protecting the Death Star. This allowed Alliance starfighters to enter the Death Star's reactor shaft and fly towards the reactor. Lando led the remaining starfighters of Red and Gold Squadron into the reactor shaft, where they were intercepted by Imperial starfighters. The X-wing flown by Keir Santage was shot down. Lando ordered the group to split up to draw Imperial TIEs away from the Millennium Falcon. Lando and Red Leader Wedge Antilles continued towards the reactor, while the rest of the group, including Gold Nine Norra Wexley, diverted other TIEs down an alternative shaft.

Meanwhile, the Executor was taking heavy fire from rebel ships, and multiple A-wings had inflicted significant damage to its shields. Green Leader Arvel Crynyd's A-wing, damaged by turret fire, crashed into the bridge of the Executor, disabling the ship and causing it to crash into the Death Star. Lando and Wedge reached the reactor and detonated it, destroying the second Death Star from within. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the Alliance Fleet emerged victorious, and the Emperor was killed in action by Vader, who sacrificed himself to save Luke.

Following the battle, the New Republic was established by leaders of the Alliance, and the Alliance Fleet was reorganized into the New Republic Defense Fleet.

Five years later, the New Republic was still in the process of decommissioning the Alliance Fleet, but they were behind schedule.

The Rebel Navy, though small, was a highly effective military force. Alliance High Command oversaw the fleet and its operations, managing the logistical and strategic aspects of the Rebellion's campaign against the Galactic Empire. Initially, the fleet was commanded by Raddus, but Gial Ackbar assumed leadership after Raddus's death. The Profundity, Raddus's personal vessel, served as the rebel armada's flagship until its destruction at the Battle of Scarif. Subsequently, the rebel flag was transferred to the Home One, a large cruiser commanded by Ackbar, who held the title of Supreme commander of the Alliance fleet.

As an all-volunteer military, recruits could join and leave as they wished, without needing to inform their superiors. While this practice was generally discouraged, members often remained with the fleet due to a sense of camaraderie and the impracticality of returning to their home systems, many of which were under Imperial control. Due to the Fleet's constant movement, it could take weeks for a separated pilot to rejoin their squadron. This was partly due to the scatter protocol for rebel pilots, which involved randomly selecting a path through hyperspace to various worlds in order to evade potential Imperial pursuit.

Tactical Plan Eighteen was implemented if the fleet's location was compromised, safeguarding the overall navy by dispersing its forces. If the plan was activated, the captain of any rebel starship classified as a frigate or larger would randomly select a hyperspace jump location, effectively breaking up the fleet until an all-clear signal was issued. If a starfighter or shuttle was away from its home ship when the plan was enacted, the pilot was instructed to dock their vessel at the nearest available craft. Rebel pilots were thoroughly trained in the operational plan, enabling its completion in ten minutes or less.

Throughout its history, the Alliance Fleet utilized various classes of capital ships. One Maelstrom-class battle cruiser, the Simoom, served in the navy. The Marsheem-class heavy cruiser was a type of heavy cruiser used by the Ishi Tib after they joined the Rebel Alliance. The Alliance also salvaged and refitted Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, integrating them into the fleet. Star Cruisers of various types formed a significant part of the Alliance Fleet, including MC75 Star Cruisers and their variants, the MC75 Armored Cruiser and the MC75 Ordnance Cruiser. It also comprised MC80A Home One Type Heavy Star Cruisers and MC80 Liberty Type Heavy Star Cruisers of the MC80 Star Cruiser model, as well as cruisers of the Yavin's Hope type, cruisers of the Geist type, three-engined Mon Calamari cruisers, and three-pronged Mon Calamari cruisers.

Ultimately, Mon Calamari ships were crucial to the Alliance Navy's success. The vessels originating from the Mon Cala Mercantile Fleet or those that began as city-ships, which escaped Mon Cala's Imperial occupation, formed the backbone of the fleet. Therefore, it was no surprise that the navy's flagship would be a Mon Cala warship, such as the Profundity or Home One. With their powerful shields and turbo-lasers, Mon Cala city-ships were retrofitted into capital ships capable of withstanding Imperial-class Star Destroyers in space battles.

The Alliance Fleet also employed at least one Lucrehulk-class Battleship. An Imperial I-class Star Destroyer was captured by Rebel Alliance forces and briefly served in the Alliance Fleet. The navy utilized at least one modified Providence-class Dreadnought, specifically a Providence-class Carrier, and a modified Recusant-class light destroyer.

The Alliance used at least two bulk cruisers: the Neutron Star-class bulk cruisers and the Deep Space Recovery Vessel L-2783. The Rebel Alliance naval forces also utilized carriers, such as Quasar Fire-class cruiser-carriers, and several types of frigates, such as DP20 Frigates, EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, Munificent-class C3 frigates. The fleet also used MC30C Frigates, Assault Frigate Mark IIs, modified Pelta-class frigates, and variants in the modified Pelta-class Assault Ships and modified Pelta-class Command Cruisers, and light cruisers such as the MC40A Light Cruisers.

The Alliance Fleet operated a variety of smaller craft, including corvettes and freighters. Corvettes in use included CR70 corvettes, CR90 corvettes, Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbusters, and two variants of the Sphyrna-class corvette: the Hammerhead Scout Corvette and Hammerhead Torpedo Corvette. Another type of smaller craft was used after the Battle of Hoth. During the evacuation of Yavin, the Rebels stole a Raider-class corvette to ram a Star Destroyer.

The Alliance Fleet had a diverse selection of gunships and troop transports. Braha'tok-class gunships were utilized, as were modified CR-20 troop carriers, LAAT/is, X4 Gunships of the X4 line, and UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft.

The Alliance Fleet maintained an assortment of transports, including CR25 troop carriers, E-9 Explorers EE-730s, and GR-75 medium transports including GR-75 Combat Retrofits. The various freighter classes that were part of the Alliance Fleet included HWK-290 light freighters, modified VCX-100 light freighters, YT-450s a modified YT-1300 light freighter, YT-1760 Small Transports modified YT-2400 light freighters, and YV-929 light freighters.

Even though the ships were also used by the Empire and the Republic Navy before it, the Rebellion also made use of the High-Altitude Entry Transport-221 after a number were located by the Rebels.

Multiple shuttle classes were used by the Alliance Fleet. E-50 Landseers saw use by the fleet, as did Taylander shuttles, Sheathipede-class transport shuttles, and various stolen Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttles (such as the Tydirium and ST 321).

The Alliance Fleet had in its possession at least four space stations, which included the Mako-Ta Space Docks, stardocks located in the Telaris system, at least two Harbor-class Mobile Space Docks, FireStar II-class Orbital Defense Platform, and Mk IX Orbital Maintenance Depot. Early in the war, the Rebels operated a shipyard at Paucris Major, though it was forced to evacuate.

The starfighters and craft of the Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps, operating under the Alliance Fleet, were of various types and classes. Various models X-wing starfighter were used, including T-65B X-wing starfighters, T-65B X-wing starfighter Exterior Variant /1s, T-65B X-wing starfighter Exterior Variant /2s, T-65C-A2 X-wing starfighters, and Patrol X-wings. In addition to X-wing starfighters, A-wing starfighters were utilized, specifically RZ-1 A-wing interceptors, RZ-1T trainers, and R-22 Spearheads. Other starfighters included ARC-170 starfighters, Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptors, Fang fighters, Z-95 Headhunters, Z-95-AF4 Headhunters, Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wings, VCX-series auxiliary starfighters, and Kom'rk-class fighter/transports. The rebels also stole TIE/ln space superiority starfighters from the Imperial Star Destroyer Harbinger. Lindon Javes flew in a TIE Advanced v1 during the Battle at Fostar Haven

For bombers and heavier craft, the Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps used A/SF-01 B-wing starfighters, H-60 Tempest bombers, BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bombers, and BTL-S3 Y-wing Starfighters. The fleet also used light T-47 airspeeders.