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Meanwhile the 22 gun ''Countess of Scarborough'' engaged the 40 gun ''Pallas'' and was eventually captured both ships taking extensive damage.
After the Revolutionary War, Jones was appointed [[Admiral]] of the Russian Navy by [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]], and led the Russian navy to several victories in the war with the Turks.
In [[1792]] Jones was appointed U.S. Consul to [[Algiers]], but on [[July 18]] he died before the commission arrived. He was buried in [[Paris, France]], but in [[1905]] his remains were removed from his long-forgotton grave and brought to the [[United States]] where, in [[1913]], he was interred in the Chapel of the [[United States Naval Academy]] at [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]].
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