Escort ships for John Paul Jones body in 1905 naval ceremony
The body of John Paul Jones was escorted from France to the United States aboard the Brooklyn Chattanooga Galveston and Tacoma. Rear Adm Charles D Sigsbee led the mission with the casket transferred from shore to the French torpedo boat Zoyage before joining the American squadron for the voyage home.
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