From Wikipedia.
Three U.S. Navy ships have been named USS Jacob Jones as well as Jones Island in Washington state.
**USS JACOB JONES (DD-61)-- Tucker-class destroyer commissioned in 1916 and damaged by a torpedo from U-53 and scuttled during World War I.
** USS JACOB JONES (DD-130)-- Wickes-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and sunk by torpedo from the U-578 February 1942 off the coast of the U.S.
** USS JACOB JONES (DE-130)-- Edsall-class destroyer escort commissioned in 1943 and decommissioned in 1946.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
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