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	70k 62k	As an officer of the Continental Navy of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones helped establish the traditions of courage and professionalism that the Sailors of the United States Navy today proudly maintain. John Paul was born in a humble gardener's cottage in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, went to sea as a youth, and was a merchant shipmaster by the age of twenty-one. Having taken up residence in Virginia, he volunteered early in the War of Independence to serve in his adopted country's infant navy and raised with his own hands the Continental ensign on board the flagship of the Navy's first fleet. He took the war to the enemy's homeland with daring raids along the British coast and the famous victory of the Bonhomme Richard over HMS Serapis. After the Bonhomme Richard began taking on water and fires broke out on board, the British commander asked Jones if he had struck his flag. Jones replied, "I have not yet begun to fight!" In the end, it was the British commander who surrendered. Jones is remembered for his indomitable will, his unwillingness to consider surrender when the slightest hope of victory still burned. Throughout his naval career Jones promoted professional standards and training. Sailors of the United States Navy can do no better than to emulate the spirit behind John Paul Jones's stirring declaration: "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." Photo: John Paul Jones by George Bagby Matthews. The bust, One cannot underestimate the role French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1747-1792) played in the identification of John Paul Jones’s remains. The Houdon bust of Jones, sculpted from life, was arguably the most accurate portrayal of Jones.		Bill Gonyo
DD-932
	77k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	44k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	150k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	107k	A series of 5 views of the Jones just prior to her commissioning, March 1956 in Bath, Maine.		David Buell
	142k	As above.		David Buell
	124k	As above.		David Buell
	107k	As above.		David Buell
	102k	As above.		David Buell
Commissioning pamphlet - April 5 1956				Wolfgang Hechler
	85k	The crew at Commissioning.		Ron Reeves
	124k	Our Navy Magazine, Mid-June 1956.		Stanley Svec
	50k	USS John Paul Jones (DD-932, underway in British waters circa 1957. Photo Wright & Logan, Southsea, England.		Robert Hurst
	232k	Underway in the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba pn November 10 1958. USN photo 1040184. From the collection of CDR Thomas B. Ray (USS Essex CV-9).		Chris Stanley
	243k	USS John Paul Jones underway May/June 1960 out of Newport, RI.		Girard Kelly
	28k	USS John Paul Jones (DD-932) underway circa 1963, location unknown. Photo courtesy Alex Cole.		Robert Hurst
DDG-32
	45k	Undated, location unknown.		John Hummel
	146k	Undated, location unknown.		Mike Smolinski/Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	69k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	41k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	203k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	109k	Newspaper clipping showing the John Paul Jones during her conversion.		Ron Reeves
	105k	As above.		Ron Reeves
Re-Commissioning pamphlet - September 23 1967.				Ron Reeves
	225k	USS Kansas City (AOR-3) underway while replenishing ,USS John Paul Jones (DDG-32) and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), probably off the coast of California during a training/CarQual period, circa 1971-75.		BMCS Richard Miller USNR (Ret.)
	175k	From the USS Hancock (CVA-19) Cruise Book (January 7-October 3 1972).		Jim Polen
	104k	At San Diego in 1978.		Ron Reeves
	36k	Singapore February 1980.		Marc Piché
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1981				Wolfgang Hechler
	38k	San Francisco April 3 1982.		Marc Piché
	31k	San Francisco April 3 1982.		Marc Piché
Decommissioning pamphlet - December 15 1982.				Ron Reeves
	92k	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, January 25 1990, laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility are the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones ( DDG 32 ), the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 31) and the destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD 951). In the background at left is the attack aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31).		Fred Weiss
	98k	A series of 9 images taken at Mare Island, when the ship was moved to a pier downstream from the causeway so the missile launcher could be removed by FMC, and crated and shipped to Germany for one of the DDG's there. Date is in April 1994.		Ron Reeves
	144k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	120k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	107k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	148k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	143k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	154k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	117k	As above.		Ron Reeves
	147k	As above.		Ron Reeves
Ships patches/plaques
	58k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	58k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	60k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	49k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	60k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	20k	Ship's patch		Ron Reeves
	151k	Ship's plaque		Ron Reeves

CDR Robert Ward Hayler Jr.    Apr 5 1956 - Jan 17 1958
CDR Amadeo Henry Galvani    Jan 17 1958 - Mar 12 1959
CDR Charles Daniel Griffin    Mar 12 1959 - Jun 18 1960
CDR Robert Adam Seelinger    Jun 18 1960 - Jul 20 1961
CDR Alfred Richard Olsen Jr.    Jul 20 1961 - Aug 2 1963
CDR David Delmas Harris    Aug 2 1963 - Oct 16 1964
CDR Walter Joseph Malone    Oct 16 1964 - Dec 20 1965
(Decommissioned Dec 20 1965 - Sep 23 1967)
CDR Louis Rhea Lester Jr.    Sep 23 1967 - Jul 21 1969
CDR James Dixon (Jesse) Coolbaugh    Jul 21 1969 - Aug 21 1969
CDR Leland Hart Sebring    Aug 21 1969 - Jul 16 1971
LCDR Richard Allen Christian    Jul 16 1971 - Dec 15 1972
CDR Gerald Duane Anderson    Dec 15 1972 - Jun 29 1974
CDR Lawrence Jay Carpenter    Jun 29 1974 - Jun 26 1976
CDR Donald Deford Clark    Jun 26 1976 - Jun 23 1978
CDR Nicholas Joseph Stasko    Jun 23 1978 - Jun 21 1980
CDR Stanley Clare Kozlowski    Jun 21 1980 - Dec 15 1982

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