After the American war of independence, the commercial and trading ships of USA were troubled by the Barbary pirates. Several ship had been captured, the crews were enslaved, at that time, naval hero John Paul Jones suggested that US shall create a strong fleet, then under his command, the fleet would sail to the North African coast to destroy the bases of the pirates, and rescuing those enslaved Americans , but at that time, the confederation (federal Government had not been formed) did not have fund to do so, so the naval hero retired to Europe, later he even joined the Russian navy.Finally he was appointed as the consulate general , which would station at North Africa, but when the appointment reached Paris, he was dead.
But if the confederation or the federation had enough money to create a large fleet, and he was appointed as the admiral of the fleet, could he destroy and eliminate the Barbary pirates ?Could he command a large fleet properly? Since he had not received any proper naval training at the past, so even he had the chance to command such a fleet, would he fulfil the mission, or he would be crushed by the pirates?