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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | John Paul Jones |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Yard number | 496 |
| Laid down | 23 December 1919 |
| Launched | 30 September 1920 |
| Commissioned | 19 April 1921 |
| Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-120, 30 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 5 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 5 October 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 30 feet 8 inches (9.35 m) |
| Draft | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 145 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 6 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Paul Jones (DD-230/AG–120) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. It was the third ship named for John Paul Jones.