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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NACH_110206_102.JPG: In memory of Ensign Jonathan M. Wainwright, USN who died at Mazatlan on board the US Steamer "Mohican," June 19, 1870 from the effects of a wound received on the 17th of the same month, on the occasion of the capture and destruction by the boats of the "Mohican," of the piratical steamer "Forward", in Teacapan River, Mexico. This table is erected by his classmates and others.
2. NACH_110206_107.JPG: In memory of Hugh W. McKee, lieutenant USN Born April 23, 1844, Died June 11, 1871, from wounds received the same day on the parapet of The Citadel, Kanghoa Island, Corea [sic]; while leading heroically the assault of the Naval Battalion of the US Asiatic Fleet. Erected by his brother officers of the Squadron.
3. NACH_110206_112.JPG: Lieut. Comdr Alexr Slidell Mackenzie, Killed in battle with Savages, Formosa, June 13th 1867, aged 26 years. Erected by the Officer and Men of the US Asiatic Squadron.
4. NACH_110206_119.JPG: Commodore John Barry's Bible: The family bible of Commodore John Barry, first commissioned officer of the US Navy, contains the record of his birth, second marriage, and his death.
5. NACH_110206_146.JPG: In memory of Clarence Crase Thomas Lieutenant, US Navy of the Class of 1905, USNA Master of Science, 1916, Columbia University born at Grass Valley, California 26 December, 1886 Died at sea, 28 April 1917, from exposure as a result of the destruction, that day, by a German submarine of the SS Vacuum, in which vessel he was serving in command of an armed guard, the United States of America then being at war with Germany. The Navy Cross was awarded posthumously for distinguished service in the line of his profession. He was the first officer of any of the armed services of the United States to lose his life in conflict with the enemy in the World War. Erected by his classmates to a man of determination who was faithful unto death.
6. NACH_110206_189.JPG: In memory of Worth Bagley, ensign, United States Navy, the first American officer who fell in the Spanish-American War; killed on board the torpedo-boat "Winslow" during the bombardment at Cardenas, May 11, 1898. "I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith", II Timothy IV:VII. This tablet is erected by the officers of the Atlantic Torpedo-Boat Flotilla.
7. NACH_110206_194.JPG: Killed in action against insurgent natives while commanding the US Gunboat Urdaneta on the Orani River, Luzon, PI [Philippine Island], Sept 25, 1899 In Memory of Welborn Cicero Wood Naval Cadet USN Class of 1899 Born Jan. 15, 1876 Erected by his classmates
8. NACH_110206_273.JPG: From http://www.usna.edu/PAO/facts/faqjpj.htm : During the French Revolution, Commodore John Paul Jones, the great naval leader of the American Revolution, died in Paris at the age of 45. Lacking official status and without financial security, Jones died alone in his apartment on July 18, 1792. An admiring French friend arranged for his funeral and provided for a handsome lead coffin. John Paul Jones was buried in St. Louis Cemetery, the property of the French royal family. Four years later France's revolutionary government sold the property and the cemetery was forgotten. Over a century later, a search began to find the body of John Paul Jones for the purpose of returning his remains to the United States. The American Ambassador to France, General Horace Porter, personally led in the research to relocate the forgotten cemetery, provided the funds to excavate the casket and coordinated the efforts to repatriate the mortal remains of the great naval hero. Correspondence, antique maps and other records in the French national library and archives provided Ambassador Porter the information which helped in the discovery of the built-over cemetery. After weeks of tunneling through basement walls and streets, the casket of Jones was found and disinterred. Remarkably, his corpse, which had been wrapped in a winding cloth and placed in straw and alcohol in a tightly sealed lead casket, was nearly perfectly preserved. He was taken to the University of Paris where a complete autopsy was performed. There the head of the corpse was compared to the sculptured portrait bust of Jones executed in 1780 by Jean Antoine Houdon, who had taken a plaster impression directly for his subjects's head. The autopsy and forensic study proved conclusively that the body was John Paul Jones. He had died of the kidney ailment nephritis, complicated by pneumonia. Following an impressive parade, a religious service in Paris and a special train arranged by the French government to the port of Cherbourg, the remains of John Paul Jones were transferred to the USS Brooklyn, flagship of a special naval squadron sent by President Theodore Roosevelt to bring Jones home to his "country of fond election" and to the nation for which he immeasurably helped gain independence. On July 24, 1905, the naval tug Standish carried the casket ashore at Annapolis, Md., for placement in a temporary vault across the street from the new U.S. Naval Academy Chapel, which was under construction.John Paul Jones' Crypt On April 24, 1906, elaborate and impressive ceremonies in commemoration of John Paul Jones were held in Dahlgren Hall, the new Naval Academy armory. Incidently, this day was the anniversary of the battle between the Jones's Ranger and HMS Drake, fought in the Irish Sea in 1778. It had been the first major naval battle fought under the newly adopted "starred and striped" flag and had resulted in Jones' capture of an important warship in Great Britain's home waters. President Roosevelt, Ambassador Porter, Admiral George Dewey and many other dignitaries attended the ceremonies. France sent an entire naval fleet up the Chesapeake Bay to mark the occasion. Afterwards the casket of John Paul Jones was placed in the Academy's Bancroft Hall to await completion of his permanent tomb, in the new Naval Academy Chapel. Jones was bid to rest in the crypt of the Naval Academy Chapel on Jan. 26, 1913. The crypt was designed by Beaux Arts architect Whitney Warren, and the 21-ton sarcophagus and surrounding columns of black and white Royal Pyrenees marble were the work of sculptor Sylvain Salieres. The sarcophagus is supported by bronze dolphins and is embellished with cast garlands of bronze sea plants. Inscribed in set-in brass letters around the base of the tomb are the names of the Continental Navy ships commanded by John Paul Jones during the American Revolution: Providence, Alfred, Ranger, Bonhomme Richard, Serapis, Alliance and Ariel. American national ensigns (flags) and union jacks are placed between the marble columns. Set in brass in the marble floor at the head of the sarcophagus is the inscription: JOHN PAUL JONES, 1747-1792 U.S. NAVY, 1775-1783 HE GAVE OUR NAVY ITS EARLIEST TRADITIONS OF HEROISM AND VICTORY ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS, A.D. 1912 Important historic objects related to Jones' life and naval career are exhibited in niches around the periphery of the circular space. Visitors today the Naval Academy can see an original marble copy of the Houdon portrait bust, the gold medal awarded to Jones by the Congress in 1787, the gold-hilted presentation sword given by Louis XVI of France and Jones commission as Captain, Continental (U.S.) Navy, signed by John Hancock. Here, too, is a plaque to Ambassador Porter, who was responsible for repatriating the great naval leader.
9. NACH_110206_290.JPG: For more than a century the mortal remains of our first great sailor lay in an unknown grave lost to his country. The nation is indebted to General Horace Porter for his patriotic efforts in the discovery and identification of this body.
10. NACH_110206_300.JPG: John Paul Jones 1747-1792 Born in Scotland, his dedication to independence and freedom for the United States and the world, and his fighting spirit, gave to the United States Navy its earliest traditions of courage, honor, and victory. The Crypt was designed by Warren Whitney (1864-1943); the Sarcophagus and bronzes by Sylvain Salieres (1865-1918). Renovation of the Crypt made possible through the generous support of the Class of 1955.
11. NACH_110206_304.JPG: A Nation Adopted: After an early career in the merchant navy, Jones emigrated to the American colonies. With the outbreak of the War for Independence, he applied for a commission in the Continental Navy, and received an appointment as the senior lieutenant in the navy. Jones claimed the honor of being the first person to hoist the colors of the new Nation over its first flagship.
12. NACH_110206_305.JPG: John Paul Jones' birthplace cottage, Arbigland Estate, near Kirkhean, Scotland.
13. NACH_110206_308.JPG: Captain, Continental Navy: John Paul Jones, promoted to the rank of captain in the Continental Navy and ordered to command of the sloop-of-war Ranger, sailed to France, in November 1777. On February 14, 1778, he received the first salute to the Stars and Stripes given by a foreign power to the United States. In Ranger, Jones attacked the British coasts and captured HMS Drake. In 1779, he took Bonhomme Richard on a cruise around England, culminating with the capture of HMS Serapis on September 23, 1779.
14. NACH_110206_312.JPG: A service sword, reputedly carried by John Paul Jones during the Revolutionary War.
15. NACH_110206_319.JPG: Foreign Honors: During his life, John Paul Jones received four decorations, a high number in the eighteenth century for one not of royal birth. After his death, the original medals disappeared and have not been located. The medals shown here are replacements.
16. NACH_110206_324.JPG: The sword, with scabbard and case, presented to Captain John Paul Jones by His Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI, King of France, at Paris on July 21, 1780, in recognition of Jones' daring raid around England and his victory over the HMS Serapis on September 23, 1779.
17. NACH_110206_344.JPG: American Recognition: The fame of John Paul Jones was greater in Europe and Russian than it was in his adopted country. The Continental Congress authorized a gold medal struck in honor of the victory over the HMS Serapis, and Jones was admitted to the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization of former Revolutionary War officers. In the last months of his life, Congress appointed Jones a commissioner to Algiers to treat for the release of captured American seamen. He died before he could take up the office.
18. NACH_110206_351.JPG: The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 by American and French officers who served in the Revolutionary War. It is the oldest veterans organization in the United States. The medal was designed by Pierre L'Enfant who also designed Washington, DC. Jones was admitted to the Society in 1785.
19. NACH_110206_355.JPG: The original gold medal presented to John Paul Jones has been lost. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman authorized a gold medal struck from the original dies.
20. NACH_110206_358.JPG: These bronze replicas show designs for both sides of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to John Paul Jones.
21. NACH_110206_363.JPG: The original dies for the gold medal, designed by Augustin Dupre in Paris about 1790.
22. NACH_110206_386.JPG: A Hero Returns: John Paul Jones died in Paris, France, on July 18, 1792, and was buried in a cemetery belonging to the royal family. After the French Revolution, the property was abandoned and eventually built upon. In the early 20th century, Horace Porter, the American ambassador to France, searched for Jones' grave site, finding it in 1905.
23. NACH_110206_389.JPG: John Paul Jones 1747-1792 Fearless in battle, and successful in keeping a large portion of the Royal Navy from our shores during our revolution, Jones also urged the establishment of navy officer schooling ashore. He gave our Navy its earliest traditions of Heroism and Victory. * * * * * "Every officer in our Navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones. Every officer in our Navy should feel in each fiber of his being the eager desire to emulate the energy, the professional capacity, the indomitable determination and dauntless scorn of death which marked John Paul Jones above all his fellows." -- President Theodore Roosevelt This crypt has been restored to its original solemn splendor by the Naval Academy Class of 1955. 9 September 2005
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Wikipedia Description: Naval Academy Chapel
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The United States Naval Academy Chapel is one of two houses of worship on the grounds of the Navy's service academy. The Naval Academy Chapel's cornerstone was laid in 1904 by Admiral George Dewey and the dedication of the Chapel was on May 28, 1908. The Naval Academy Chapel is a focal point of the Academy and the city of Annapolis, Maryland. The chapel is an important feature which led to the Academy being designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

In 1940 the Chapel underwent remodeling which doubled the seating capacity to 2,500 to accommodate a larger brigade of midshipmen. Until 1972, chapel attendance was compulsory. After remodeling, the chapel formed a large cross. The dome over the chapel is copper and the cupola is 200 feet (61 m) above the main altar area. The Chapel was featured on a postal service stamp in 1995. Protestant and Catholic services are held there.

The stained glass windows facing the altar are symbolic. One is of Sir Galahad holding his sheathed sword, portraying the ideals of the service. The other signifies the Commission Invisible, a beacon a new officer must follow; Christ is pointing him toward the flag. Four other windows are memorials to Secretary of Navy John Y. Mason, Admirals David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, and William T. Sampson.

Beneath the main chapel is the crypt of John Paul Jones. There is also a small chapel of St. Andrew which has been used for smaller weddings.

Traditionally, new third class midshipmen become "Youngsters" when they sight the chapel dome upon returning from their summer cruise.

John Paul Jones Crypt:

On January 26, 1913 the remains of John Paul Jones were interred in the crypt beneath the Chapel, inside a sarcophagus made of 21 short tons (19 t) of Grand Pyrenees marble.

In the deck around the crypt are inscribed the names of his ships: Bonhomme Richard, Alliance, Serapis, Ariel, Alfred, Providence, and Ranger.
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