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John Paul Jones (Admiral)

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (July 6, 1747-July 18, 1792)
    Son of a gardener
    Apprenticed to a merchant
    Received his first command of a ship at 21
    Emigrated to Virginia
    Became an officer in the Continental Navy
    Visited France as commander of the 'Ranger'
    Commander, 'Bon Homme Richard' (1779)
    Raided British commercial traffic
    Fought the HMS Serapis in the North Sea
    Captured the Serapis and transferred his crew there
    Later served in Russia and France

Why he might be annoying:

    He added 'Jones' to his name just for the heck of it.
    His ship, the Bon Homme Richard, sank the day after he captured the HMS Serapis.
    He was almost a pirate because he attacked commercial vessels.
    He died and was buried in France; the revolutionary government sold the property and forgot about it, and Jones' coffin was only returned to the US in 1913.
    Teddy Roosevelt sent four cruisers to France to retrieve his body; these were also met by seven battleships during their travel up the Chesapeake Bay (talk about burning taxpayer money).
    Whiel in the Russian navy, he was accused of statutory rape of an eleven year old girl.
    He was a slave trader.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He handed Britain one of their major naval defeats during the Revolutionary War.
    When asked to surrender by the captain of the Serapis, he said: 'I have not yet begun to fight.'
    There is a Marine guard at his place of burial in the US Naval Academy Chapel.
    He made several daring raids on British shores during the Revolutionary War.
    Benjamin Franklin was his patron.

Credit: Wang


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 139 Votes: 51.80% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 151 Votes: 47.68% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 373 Votes: 58.18% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 613 Votes: 57.59% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 37 Votes: 35.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 79 Votes: 45.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 71 Votes: 42.25% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 35.90% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 46.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 134 Votes: 47.76% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 324 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 335 Votes: 44.18% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 562 Votes: 42.88% Annoying