[navyblue]

"Never heard him called that. He was a major force in the Continental Navy which was the forerunner of the US Navy which was formed by the Naval Act of 1794 to fight the Barbary pirates."

Oh yeah, he most certainly is. One of the reasons he has a 24/7 Marine Honor guard in front of his tomb at Anapolis. He was orignally buried in France (Gag), then he was disinterred and brought back for burial at the Naval Academy. H was also an Admiral in the Navy of Catherine the Great.

[Eagles6]

As your FR name alludes, you may have distant crossing with the US Naval Forces. ;-)

I mean no disrespect to John Paul Jones, I am just trying to be historically accurate.