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I 1 x K, I HISTORY To date, two ships have carried the name BON HOMME RICHARD. The first was a former French merchant vessel, the DUC DE DURAS, procured for the 18th century American Navy by Benjamin Franklin. The French converted her into a warship and chris- tened her BON HOMME RICHARD in honor of Franklin. Under the command of Captain John Paul Jones, the ship sailed from L,Orient, France in June l779 to harass the British merchant fleet whenever encountered. BON HOMME RICH- ARD intercepted the British frigate SERAPIS on September 23, 1779. At the height of battle, when SERAPIS was wielding her most punishing blows, her capatin demanded surrender
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from the BON HOMME RICHARD. It .was then that John Paul Jones uttered the immortal words, I have not yet begun to fight? The BON HOMME RICHARD and her fighting crew were victorious, yet she was so extensively damaged during the battle that on the follow- ing day she was ordered scuttled by her captain. The present BON HOMME RICHARD was built during World War II and commissioned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 26, 1944. After seeing action in both World War II and the Korean War, she was placed in reserve fleet until September of 1955, at which time she was extensively modified and received her angled flight deck. She then joined the fleet as one-of the most modern carriers in the world. The BON HOMME RICH- ARD is a 22-year-old veteran of three Vietnam cruises. ln support of the Vietnam conflict she and her air wing have distinguished them- selves in combat. C THE BON HOMME RICH- ARD is more than an implement of war. She represents that same hope for peace, through readiness and the conviction to fighti until the battle is won, that her namesake so gallantly displayed in the past. Then as now, she is Americais way of letting our friends and enemies know that the United States stands firm in her commitments on all sides of the globe. She continues to serve the principle of keeping the sea lanes of the world open to unrestricted trade. -g. n , -4 4, 1 ,., ff. ' vw, I I V . nm, V
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