http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd402.html Here's the history of the Mayrant: USS Mayrant II (DD-402) Capt. John Mayrant, born in the parish of St. James Santee, S.C., December 1762, was appointed midshipman in the South Carolina Navy 23 May 1778. Th following year, in France, he was appointed midshipman and aide to John Paul Jones. Sailing from L'Orient in Bon Homme Richard, he led the boarders in the engagement with Serapis, 23 September 1779. He died in Tennessee in August 1836. The second Mayrant (DD-402) was laid down 15 April 1937 at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; launched 14 May 1938; sponsored by Mrs. E. 10. Sheely, ***a descendant of Capt. John Mayrant; and commissioned 19 September 1939, Lt. Comdr. E. A. Taylor in command. Perhaps this gentleman might have some answers for you: Patrick Clancey (patrick@akamail.com) Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Cardi2@aol.com [mailto:Cardi2@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:08 AM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] SAN DIEGO In a message dated 3/25/02 4:06:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Diane, I would check the following site: //sandiego.citysearch.com/profile/86960 or if that doesn't go thru check sandiego.citysearch.com and ask for information on the Maritime Museum. There is a blurb about the Maritime Museum and the Star of India ship that is docked there. I think they are the people who could answer your question. Good luck. Annie Los Angeles Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 06:27:58 EST From: Huguenaute@aol.com To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <160.aef0215.29d063be@aol.com> Subject: Re: [A-REV] CA Rev War MAYRANT John Paul JONES Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My ancestor served with John Paul JONES as midshipman and is mentioned in many of his biographies and descriptions of the naval battle re SERAPIS; I understand there is a bell/monument of some sort from a MAYRANT namesake ship in San Diego. [seems there were 2 ships named after my ancestor John Mayrant] I'd like to know if there's a website where monuments/ historical markers are pictured. Diane in Portsmouth ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-xh02.mx.aol.com (rly-xh02.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.231]) by air-xh03.mail.aol.com (v84.10) with ESMTP id MAILINXH32-0325190646; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:06:46 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-xh02.mx.aol.com (v83.45) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH23-0325190614; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:06:14 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g2Q004T31054; Mon, >> ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237