John Paul Jones
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1776/10/00 | Jones arrives in Portsmouth, NH, in October 1776 to supervise the construction of the Continental sloop RANGER. On 14 June 1777 Congress appoints Jones to the command of the vessel. | Patriot Naval Commander | |||||
| 1777/11/00 | John Paul Jones sails from Portsmouth in November 1777, bringing the news of the Patriot victory at Saratoga to the French Court. | Patriot Naval Commander | Battle of Saratoga | ||||
| 1781/08/00 | John P Jones boards at the Widow Purcell's house at $10 per week (2nd fl, SE corner chamber) while he supervises the construction of the Navy's ship AMERICA, leaving New Hampshire in 1782. | Home | John Paul Jones House | Portsmouth, NH | |||
| 1913/01/26 | The remains ofJohn Paul Jones are interred in the crypt beneath the Naval Academy Chapel inside a sarcophagus made of 21 short tons (19t) of molten steel. The coffin and slab are Grande Antique des Pyrenees marble. | In Memoriam | Naval Academy Chapel | US Naval Academy |