USS Paul Jones ( DD - 10 ) The second USS " Paul Jones " ( DD - 10 ) was a in the United States Navy . She was named for John Paul Jones . " Paul Jones " was laid down on 20 April 1899 by the Union Iron Works , San Francisco , California ; launched on 14 June 1902 ; sponsored by Mrs . Elizabeth Goldsborough Adams ; and commissioned on 19 July 1902 , Lieutenant R . F . Gross in command . Originally built as a torpedo boat destroyer , " Paul Jones " served in the Pacific Fleet , homeported at San Francisco . A unit of the Pacific Torpedo Fleet , she was at San Francisco at the beginning of World War I . World War I . " Paul Jones " sailed on 23 April 1917 for Norfolk , Virginia via San Diego , California , Acapulco , the Panama Canal Zone , and Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , arriving on 3 August . On 4 August , she took station off the York River on patrol assignment until joining , , , , , , , and as escorts for Battleship Force Atlantic , on 13 August , for passage to Bermuda and New York . " Paul Jones " departed the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 24 August and reported to Newport , Rhode Island where she began a series of convoy patrols up and down the coast and returning to Newport on 24 September . She then commenced training operations , in conjunction with other duties , off Norfolk , Lynnhaven Roads , and Chesapeake Bay , prior to reporting to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on 20 December . On 15 January 1918 , in company with " Stewart " , " Hopkins " and , " Paul Jones " sailed for the Azores by way of Bermuda . After departing Bermuda , she had to request permission to turn back due to a serious leak in her port after bunker . From 23 – 26 January , " Paul Jones " crew struggled against great odds and succeeded in saving the ship from sinking . Wallowing in stormy seas with her after fire room flooded , barely able to maintain headway , losing all drinking and feed water and steaming under two boilers with salt feed , manning bucket brigades for lack of operable pumps , and receiving no answers to her distress signals , she finally sighted a light off St . David ' s Head , Bermuda , signalled the fort for assistance and dropped her anchor . " Paul Jones " remained at Bermuda until 22 February for repairs and then sailed for Philadelphia escorted by arriving on 25 February . Following permanent repairs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard , " Paul Jones " reported to Fortress Monroe , Virginia on 18 April , and performed various duties in and around Chesapeake Bay until 6 August . The highlight of " Paul Jones " career came on 2 July when " Henderson " was on fire in the Atlantic north of Bermuda and east of Virginia . " Paul Jones " made four trips from the burning ship to " Von Steuben " saving 1 , 250 Marines and officers together with over 50 tons of luggage , The next day she accompanied " Henderson " to Delaware Breakwater . While in convoy on 7 August at sea , " Paul Jones " with several other ships in her group mistook for an enemy submarine and fired upon her . The submarine was struck seven times in the conning tower before the mistake was apparent . " Paul Jones " escorted the damaged submarine to Delaware Bay , and arrived at the breakwater the following day . " Paul Jones " reported at Hampton Roads on 9 August and remained in and around Chesapeake Bay conducting mine patrols , convoy duties and other services until slated for inactivation on 31 January 1919 . She decommissioned on 29 July ; was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 September ; and was sold on 3 January 1920 to Joseph G . Hitner , Philadelphia , who subsequently scrapped her .