John Paul Jones
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A statue honoring American Revolutionary naval hero. John Paul Jones was a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War.
Waymark Code: WMQV40
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2016
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John Paul Jones was a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made many friends and enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the American Navy" (an epithet he shares with John Barry). He later served in the Imperial Russian Navy, subsequently obtaining the rank of rear admiral.