and given command of the frigate . He spent time in Decatur's squadron, which was bottled up at New London during 1814. Later, Captain Jones was sent to the Lake Ontario theater, where he commanded the frigate during the last year of the war. During the second and final Barbary War, in 1815, Jones again commanded Macedonian. Service as captain of the frigate followed in 1816–1818. Commodore Jones was Commodore of the United States' squadrons in the Mediterranean in 1821–1823 and in the Pacific in 1826–1829. He was a Navy Commissioner in Washington, DC, between those tours at sea and held important commands ashore at Baltimore and New York during the 1830s and 1840s. He received his final assignment, as commandant of the Philadelphia Naval Asylum in 1847. Commodore Jacob Jones held that position until his death. Death and legacy Jones died on August 3, 1850, and is interred at the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware. Three ships, USS Jacob Jones, have been named for him. Jones Island of Washington state is also named for Jones. References External links NHC Biography and Photographs 1768 births 1850 deaths American military personnel of the First Barbary War Burials at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery People from Smyrna, Delaware American military personnel of the Quasi-War United States Navy officers United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812 Congressional Gold Medal recipients American military personnel of the Second Barbary War Commanders of the USS Constitution War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom