Tag: John Peck Rathbun

Posted on April 3, 2023March 27, 2024

Captain John Peck Rathbun, Revolutionary War Naval Hero and Man of the Sea

BOOK REVIEW: Captain John Peck Rathbun, Revolutionary War Naval Hero & Man of the Sea by Frank H. Rathbun (privately published, 2022) John Paul Jones understandably dominates the field when it comes to full-length biographies of Continental Navy commanders. However, there is an excellent biography of the very worthy John Barry by Tim McGrath, and a […]

by Christian McBurney

Posted on September 6, 2016August 28, 2016

Captain John Peck Rathbun: As Audacious as John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones tends to overshadow the study of the American Revolution at sea. While his accolades are well deserved, Jones earned many of them with John Peck Rathbun at his side. An American-born merchant captain who joined the Continental Navy at its beginning, Rathbun’s exploits are as daring as Jones’s, but less well known. […]

by Eric Sterner