In the 1914 America's Cup defender selection trials, skippered by Charles Francis Adams III, she beat Vanitie and Defiance.

[2] In so doing, she beat the America's Cup course record off Sandy Hook by sailing 30 miles in 3:16:41.

[3] However, the outbreak of World War I caused the America's Cup races for 1914 to be postponed.

[2] Resolute lost the first two matches before recovering to defend the cup 3–2 against Shamrock IV.

Robert F Kennedy named his Wianno Senior Resolute in 1964, after the America's Cup yacht.