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Commodore John Paul Jones Superintending the Construction of America (1781-1792)
by William Gilkerson, 1982
America, 74 guns, was the largest warship built in the United States during the Revolution. She was built at John Langdon's shipyard, Kittery, Maine, and launched on November 5, 1782. Jones, who had hoped to command her, was disappointed when she was instead given to France to replace a French Navy ship lost at Boston. In compensation, he was permitted to join the French fleet in the West Indies to study fleet maneuvers. |