The remains of John Paul Jones(1747-1792), one of the US first well known naval commanders

The remains of John Paul Jones(1747-1792), one of the US first well known naval commanders

Born on the southwest coast of Scotland, John Paul Jones started his maritime career at the age of 13, sailing out as an apprentice.

For several years he sailed aboard merchant ships before heading for America to volunteer in the newly founded Continental Navy. 

Jones was appointed as 1st Lieutenant of the frigate Alfred in 1775, and assigned to the USS Ranger in 1777, sailing for France with orders to assist the American cause against 

Britain 

He remained in the Navy, fighting the

British along the coast of Nova Scotia, and led raids on the British forces along Ireland and England. 

In 1787, Jones entered into the service of Empress Catherine II of Russia, who placed great confidence in Jones.

He served as an admiral on the Russian flagship Vladimir and took part in the naval campaign in the Dnieper-Bug Liman against the Turks. 

In 1790, Jones arrived in Paris. He still possessed his position as Russian rear admiral with a corresponding pension, which allowed him to remain in retirement until his death two years later. The cause of death was interstitial nephritis. 

He was buried in Paris, and a century later the search for his remains would begin with the purpose of returning them to the US.

In 1899, Horace Porter, the US Ambassador in France, along with a team of researchers began to search for the burial place, 

it would take them six years to find his coffin. 

The corpse which had been wrapped in cloth and placed in straw and alcohol in a tightly sealed lead casket had helped to preserve his remains.

His body was escorted back to the US in 1906, and his sarcophagus placed in the US Naval Academy. 

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