USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)

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title: USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)
text: Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the American Continental Navy named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, for service between France and Asia. She was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones on 4 February 1779, by King Louis XVI of France as a result of a loan to the United States by French shipping magnate Jacques-Donatien Le Ray.
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description: 1765 frigate of the Continental Navy
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(1765)
date created: 2004-07-14T04:19:39Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T22:05:22Z
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