National Museum of American History John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis, United States, 1779 National Museum of American History John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis, United States, ...

"John Paul Jones was truly a hero," she says ... he captured the British frigate HMS Serapis even as his own ship sank beneath him—uttering the defiant cry, "I have not yet begun to fight!" ...