Question

During the engagement between the continental navy ship bonhomme richard and the hms serapis, ______________ showed his indomitable will. against seemingly hopeless odds, he announced "i have not yet begun to fight" and went on to capture his adversary even as his own ship was sinking.

Answer 1

The correct answer here is John Paul Jones.

John Paul Jones was an American captain of the Bonhomme Richard engaged the British frigate the HMS Serapis. The engagement was consider to be a major victory for the Patriots during the Revolutionary war. The duel lasted for three and a half hours and it is here Johns famously exclaimed "I have yet not begun to fight.".