A USNA research team that includes a Naval Academy professor and four midshipmen recently noted more than 70 items on the floor of the North Sea that might be part of the Bonhomme Richard, the John Paul Jones’ famous Revolutionary War ship.

The USNA professor, Peter Guth, and the four midshipmen, presented their discoveriess at a recent meeting of the Naval Academy Oceanography Club. They acknowledged that their findings were not conclusive evidence, but may—after future expenditions—reveal parts of the ship buried under the sea floor.