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Jacob Jones was an American sailor. He was born in 1768 and died in 1850. He entered the US navy in 1799. He was a lieutenant of the Philadelphia from 1801 to 1803. In command of the Wasp he captured the British brig Frolic in 1812. This was one of the first important naval victories of the War of 1812. In 1813 he commanded the Macedonian in Decatur's squadron.
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The USS Jacob Jones was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Jacob Jones was powered by four oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple arrangements.
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