Kerr was a lake freighter, launched in 1903, for the Provident Steamship Company.
[1][2] She was renamed Harry R. Jones, in 1916, when a larger vessel was given the name D.G.
[3] She was sold for scrap in 1960.
[2] She was lost at sea, on her way to Scottish ship breakers, when her tow parted.
[2] The vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S.