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John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (1747-1792)![[John Paul Jones]](http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3020/jones.html/jones.gif) John Paul Jones was born on July 6,1747, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He was the son of a Scottish gardenerand was originally named John Paul. At the age of 12 he entered the Britishmerchant marine and went to sea for the first time, as a cabin boy. Hesailed aboard merchantmen and slavers, becoming a first mate on a slaverbrigantine by 1766 and receiving his first command in 1769. In 1773, asthe commander of a merchant vessel, he killed a mutinous crewman at Tobagoin the West Indies and, rather than stay in prison and wait for trial,he fled to North America. From that point the British considered him tobe a pirate. A fugitive from British justice, he attempted to conceal hisidentity by adding the surname of Jones. At the outbreak of war with Britain in 1775, John PaulJones went to Philadelphia, and, with the help of two friendly membersof the Continental Congress, obtained a lieutenant's commission in theContinental Navy. The following year he became captain of the sloop Providence.In his first adventure aboard the Providence he destroyed the Britishfisheries in Nova Scotia and captured 16 British prize ships. In 1777 he took command of the sloop Ranger. Sailingto France in 1778, Jones received from the French the first salute givento the new American flag by a foreign warship. During the spring he terrorizedthe coastal population of Scotland and England by making daring raids ashoreand destroying many British vessels. His reputation in Paris greatly enhanced, Jones receivedfrom the French government a converted French merchantman, the Duras,which he renamed Bonhomme Richard (Good Man Richard) in honor of BenjaminFranklin. Jones was then promoted to commodore and placed in commandof a mixed fleet of American and French ships. Setting sail at the headof this small squadron on Aug. 14, 1779, he captured 17 merchantmen offthe British coast and, on September 23, fell in with a convoy of Britishmerchant vessels escorted by H.M.S. Serapis and Countess of Scarborough.Challenging Serapis, Jones deftly maneuvered Bonhomme Richardalongside the larger British vessel and lashed the two ships together.With the muzzles of their guns touching, the two warships fired into eachother's insides. Although his smaller vessel was on fire and sinking, Jonesrejected the British demand for surrender; "I have not yet begun tofight," he replied. More than three hours after the bloody battlebegan, Serapis surrendered, and Jones took command of it. Although hailed as a hero in both Paris and Philadelphia,Jones encountered such stiff political rivalry at home that he never againheld a major American command at sea. In 1788, Russian Empress CatherineII (The Great) appointed him rear admiral in the Russian navy. He tooka leading part in the Black Sea campaign against the Ottoman Turks. Jealousyand political intrigue among his Russian rivals prevented him from receivingproper credit for his successes and resulted in his discharge. In 1790he retired and went to live in Paris. In 1792 Jones was appointed U.S.Consul to Algiers, but on July 18 of that year he died before the commisionarrived. He was buried in Paris, but in 1905 his remains were removed fromhis long-forgotton grave and brought to the United States where, in 1913,they were finally interred in the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel at Anapolis,Maryland. This page hosted by  Get your own Free Home Pagegeovisit();
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