John Paul Jones is best known as a warrior, a tough commander who repeatedly beat the odds in one of history’s bloodiest scenarios: single-ship combat in the Age of Sail.His career is a stirring ...

John Paul Jones disinterment, photographed 11 April 1905 following the autopsy. (Courtesy of Horace P. Mende, Kusnacht, Switzerland, 1973, now in the collections of U.S. Naval History and Heritage ...

Mr. Thomas discussed his biography, [John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy], published by Simon and Schuster. Revolutionary War hero Jones was born in Scotland in 1747 and ...

PORTSMOUTH — Lt. Cmdr. John Mentzer of the United States Navy paid homage to John Paul Jones, proclaimed by naval historians as "Father of the American Navy," on his 263rd birthday.

John Paul Jones News from United Press International. Top News . ... Latest Headlines Quotes. ... A sailor accused of retaliating against the Navy by setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire two ...

The colonials had no navy, no standing army, ... John Paul Jones. These foreigners helped create and train the American forces in the great struggle to come, but one would stand out.

A growing fleet at Everett will help to contain a growing Chinese Navy, following additional training in the wake of two destroyer collisions in 2017.

The John Paul Jones letters were donated in the early 1830s by a Charleston resident, E.R. Shubrick. "Shubrick was a fairly prominent captain in the Navy and had his own naval history collection ...

Editor's Note: Considered the “Father of the U.S. Navy,” John Paul Jones was a controversial leader in the American Revolution. Overly concerned with honor and glory, he was a brash, colorful ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- When John Paul Jones famously said "I have not yet begun to fight," he certainly had begun to write as evidenced by letters from the American naval hero that recently surfaced ...