John Paul Jones’ bronze and marble crypt beneath the dome of the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel bears the following epitaph: HE GAVE OUR NAVY ITS EARLIEST TRADITIONS OF HEROISM AND VICTORY.

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 ...

John Paul Jones pioneered the idea of global sea power a century before the rise of the modern U.S. Navy. By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine American historian and author Ellen Hampton ...

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.

Bob Neyland, chief archaeologist for the Navy's Underwater Archaeology Branch, ... a Continental Navy ship captained by John Paul Jones during the Revolutionary War that sank on Sept. 25, ...

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 ...

CORONADO, Calif. -- The U.S. Navy announced Jan. 7, that USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) will swap homeports with USS Lake Erie (CG 70) this summer. USS Preble (DDG 88) will also leave San Diego for ...

In the low light of the crypt beneath the Naval Academy chapel, John Paul Jones’ sarcophagus gleams. The recently restored bronze-and-marble coffin shines like new. Eight marble pillars ring … ...

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 ...