The Navy of France presents Captain John Paul Jones, of the Continental Navy, with the SS Duc de Duras, which he rechristens as the USS Bonhomme Richard.
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Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 26.
USS Bonhomme Richard (1765) – Wikipedia
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