And out of the ashes will emerge a new Bonhomme Richard.
Or so I hope.
The name has a great legacy in American Naval History.
Captained by John Paul Jones, she beat the crap out of the Brits way back when.
Jones, when asked by the Brit if he wanted to surrender, said, “Hell, no. I have just begun to fight.”
The original ship was named for Ben Franklin...or for his pseudonym, Poor Richard.
JPJones’ sarcophagus is a must-see at Annapolis.
Also the Museum of Sailing Ships, most excellent models of our early Navy’s best ships.
Yes, one of so many proud ships of our United States Navy.