She was powered by a 1,700 horsepower (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine and fueled by two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers.

Clarke in heavy fog in the Detroit River near the Great Lakes Engineering Works.

[3] On October 23, 1941 B. H. Jones grounded off the east end of Belle Isle in the Detroit River.

America got caught in the towline of Oregon, capsized and sank in five second into 19 feet (5.8 m) of water.

On November 15, 1952 Jones and Laughlin's fleet was sold to the Wilson Transit Company of Cleveland, Ohio (she was re-registered to Wilmington, Delaware).

Jones was seriously damaged in a collision with the larger steamer Cason J. Callaway, they collided because of heavy fog near Lime Island in the St. Mary's River.

Jones's pilot house, one-piece steel hatch covers and deck crane were transferred to the steamer Sparkman D.