USC&GS Lester Jones (ASV-79)
.jpg) USC&GS Lester Jones (ASV-79) | |
| Career (United States) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | E. Lester Jones |
| Namesake: | Ernest Lester Jones |
| Owner: | Summer Wind Enterprises |
| Operator: | Summer Wind Charters |
| Port of registry: | USA |
| Route: | Pacific Coast |
| Builder: | Astoria Marine Company, Astoria, Oregon |
| Completed: | 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 1967 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1940 |
| In service: | 1940 |
| Out of service: | 1967 |
| Renamed: | MV Summer Wind |
| Homeport: | Seattle |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Survey ship |
| Tonnage: | 128 |
| Length: | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin Cooper Bessemer EN-6 medium speed diesel engines |
USC&GS Lester Jones (ASV-79) was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1940 to 1967.
Lester Jones was built by Astoria Marine Company at Astoria, Oregon in 1940 and entered Coast and Geodetic Survey that year. She served in the Pacific during her Survey career, mostly in Alaskan waters.
Lester Jones was retired in 1967 and sold at auction. Since that time, she has been in private hands and operated as a liveaboard and cruising yacht. She is currently based in Seattle and is called the Summer Wind. The original Cooper-Bessemer direct reversing main propulsion engines are still operating and in excellent shape.
References
- NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Lester Jones
- Current owner's website with more historical information
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Lester Jones underway.
Lester Jones aground on the mudflats of the Nushagak River in Alaska ca. 1950.