Kit Jones, The
The historic 60-foot wood-hull tugboat Kit Jones was built in 1939 on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Commissioned by R.J. Reynolds Jr. and designed by the Sparkman & Stephens yacht firm of New York City, the vessel was constructed by local boatbuilders using timbers harvested and milled from the island. Reynolds named the vessel for Katharine Talbott Jones, the wife of Alfred W. Jones, owner of the Sea Island Company and the famed Cloister resort. The Kit Jones was a familiar sight to coastal residents for many decades as she plied the waters of Georgia’s Golden Isles. Her remarkable career spanned eight decades, including service as an island ferry and tugboat, as a World War II fireboat in the Port of Savannah, and primarily as a research vessel for multiple universities and research institutions. The Kit Jones now rests in dry dock in downtown Darien as an icon and example of a beautifully crafted wood-hull vessel. She represents the era of skilled wooden boat construction that was rapidly coming to a close in the mid-20th century.
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The historic 60-foot wood-hull tugboat Kit Jones was built in 1939 on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Commissioned by R.J. Reynolds Jr. and designed by the Sparkman & Stephens yacht firm of New York City, the vessel was constructed by local boatbuilders using timbers harvested and milled from the island. Reynolds named the vessel for Katharine Talbott Jones, the wife of Alfred W. Jones, owner of the Sea Island Company and the famed Cloister resort. The Kit Jones was a familiar sight to coastal residents for many decades as she plied the waters of Georgia’s Golden Isles. Her remarkable career spanned eight decades, including service as an island ferry and tugboat, as a World War II fireboat in the Port of Savannah, and primarily as a research vessel for multiple universities and research institutions. The Kit Jones now rests in dry dock in downtown Darien as an icon and example of a beautifully crafted wood-hull vessel. She represents the era of skilled wooden boat construction that was rapidly coming to a close in the mid-20th century.
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The historic 60-foot wood-hull tugboat Kit Jones was built in 1939 on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Commissioned by R.J. Reynolds Jr. and designed by the Sparkman & Stephens yacht firm of New York City, the vessel was constructed by local boatbuilders using timbers harvested and milled from the island. Reynolds named the vessel for Katharine Talbott Jones, the wife of Alfred W. Jones, owner of the Sea Island Company and the famed Cloister resort. The Kit Jones was a familiar sight to coastal residents for many decades as she plied the waters of Georgia’s Golden Isles. Her remarkable career spanned eight decades, including service as an island ferry and tugboat, as a World War II fireboat in the Port of Savannah, and primarily as a research vessel for multiple universities and research institutions. The Kit Jones now rests in dry dock in downtown Darien as an icon and example of a beautifully crafted wood-hull vessel. She represents the era of skilled wooden boat construction that was rapidly coming to a close in the mid-20th century.
