John Paul Jones

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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Bonhomme Richard and Serapis

U.S. Naval Academy chapel

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John Paul Jones: Media

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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones, portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1781.

Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones, painted after an etching by Moreau made from life in 1780; lithographed...

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (photo no. cph 3g02761)

Bonhomme Richard and Serapis

Bonhomme Richard and Serapis

The American warship Bonhomme Richard in battle with the British frigate...

© MPI—Archive Photos/Getty Images

U.S. Naval Academy chapel

U.S. Naval Academy chapel

U.S. Naval Academy chapel, where John Paul Jones is buried.

Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy; photo, J.E. Moore

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