Frank Jones - Sidewheel Steamer

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Frank Jones - Sidewheel Steamer

Vessel Name – Frank Jones
Class – sidewheel steamer
Hull -
Masts - 2
Designed by – William Pattee
Build date - 1892
Built by – Bath Iron Works
Built at – Bath, Maine
Built for – Boston & Maine RR owned by Franklin Jones
Named for – businessman, politician and brewer Franklin Jones of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Boston
Power - inclined-compound engine – horizontal side wheel, powering small, narrow, higher-speed (35 rpm) feathering wheels – 1200 hp
Gross tons - 1634
Capacity – 105 staterooms
Length – 263’
Beam – 36’
Crew –Disposition - 1905 - sold to the Enterprise Line to work between Fall River & New York.
1908 - in service on the Hudson River between Albany and New York.
1915 - renamed “Fenimore”
1918 - requisitioned by U.S. Navy to carry naval stores during the WWI.
June 22, 1918 she lay at anchor on the York River in Virginia full of ammunition. She caught fire and the resulting explosion completely destroyed her.