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Captain John Paul Jones: 1775-1783
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America's greatest naval hero in the American Revolutionary War, commanding PROVIDENCE, ALFRED, and RANGER (receiving the first salute by a foreign man-of-war to the American flag), raiding England and Scotland; aboard BONHOMME RICHARD in battle with the British warship SERAPIS, when asked to surrender, he said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" He later commanded ARIEL and ALLIANCE. |
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