USS ''John Paul Jones'' refers to two destroyers of the United States Navy, named after

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites ( ...

: * , a ''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyer, commissioned in 1956, redesignated as DDG-32 in 1967, and decommissioned in 1982 * , an ''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1993, and in active service as of 2023

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