&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Paul_Jones_painting.jpg) USS Paul Jones painting by W.R. May.
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| Name | USS Paul Jones |
| Namesake | John Paul Jones |
| Builder | J. J. Abrahams, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Laid down | unknown date |
| Launched | 30 January 1862 |
| Commissioned | 9 June 1862 at Baltimore, Maryland |
| Decommissioned | 13 July 1867 at New York City |
| Stricken | 13 July 1867 |
| Fate | Sold, 13 July 1867 at New York City |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Paul Jones |
| Displacement | 1,210 tons |
| Length | 216 ft 10 in (66.09 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine, side wheel-propelled |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | not known |
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| Notes | Ship was double ended. |
USS Paul Jones was a large 1,210-ton sidewheel, double-ended, steam gunboat of the Union Navy that served during the American Civil War. She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
During her tour of duty, she captured blockade runners and bombarded Confederate shore installations. Post-war, she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned.