Paul Jones career came on 2 July when 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 Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company, Philadelphia, who subsequently scrapped her. Noteworthy commanding officers Lieutenant Edgar Brown Larimer (15 January 1907-11 July 1907) (Later Rear Admiral and Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance (1931-1934)) Lieutenant William A. Glassford (September 1911-May 1912, 1 February 1916-October 1916) (Later Vice admiral) Lieutenant Leo Hewlett Thebaud (1918-29 July 1919) (Later Vice admiral) Notes External links DD-10 ship history Photos of USS Paul Jones Bainbridge-class destroyers World War I destroyers of the United States Ships built in San Francisco 1902 ships Ships built by Union Iron Works