USS Vengeance has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy. was a former merchant ship that served under the command of John Paul Jones in the Revolutionary War. The French Royal Navy purchased her at Bordeaux in 1779 for Jones and sold her when she arrived at Dunkirk in January 1780 after the battle between and the rest of Jones's squadron on the one side, and and HM hired armed ship on the other. was used as a bomb ketch against the Barbary pirates in the early 19th century. Citations References United States Navy ship names