The early American militia navy as a naval levy

Was the early American idea of a militia navy built around small boats essentially a naval levy?

The panel agrees with the naval-levy comparison and regards it as an outdated approach for the period.

The small-boat militia proposal is compared with a naval levy. The panel treats it as a revival of an older model and expresses skepticism about applying it in that period. The brief exchange does not set out the proposal's organization or a detailed alternative fleet.