S.S. Geo H Jones

Ship	Hull#	Built	GRT	DWT	Length	Beam	Comments
Geo. H. Jones	14	1919	6,914	10,525	430′	59′	Three cylinder triple expansion engine, single screw. Sunk 11 June 1942 by U-455 at 45.40’N 22.40W

Geo. H. Jones was built by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. of Chester, PA in 1919. In August, 1941 she was turned over to the British under the Lend-Lease act for wartime use. She was sunk by a German submarine (U-455) on 11 June 1942.

*S.S. Geo. H. Jones* at about the time she was turned over to the British. Note the wartime paint job.

Photos from Geo H Jones

Fireroom on <em>S.S. Geo. H. Jones</em>. — Fireroom on *S.S. Geo. H. Jones*.

Picture of Arthur D. Whittaker, ship's Machinist. — Picture of Arthur D. Whittaker, ship’s Machinist.

J. Frank Hough and Arthur D. Whittaker, 1940.

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