Blog | Friends Of The Kit Jones

80 Years In The Making; The Return of the Kit Jones

She won’t have the familiar look she’s had for the last several decades. There will be no steel outriggers, railings or anchor, no...

V.I.P. ~ Vessel In Peril ~ A Kit Jones Update

ATLANTA, Nov. 15, 2017— The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2018 list of ten Places in Peril in the state....

Historic Vessel Kit Jones Receives State Grant for Restoration Project

The effort to bring the Kit Jones from Biloxi, MS back home to McIntosh County for restoration and final placement just got one step...

The Kit Jones: Her history, namesake, service, the record and crew…

McIntosh Life Magazine Spring/ Summer 2017 Her history… The Kit Jones is a wood-hull 60-foot tugboat built in 1938-39 on Sapelo Island,...

A Native Daughter Is Coming Home

After 75+ years of service, a McIntosh native is returning to Darien. Kit Jones is a local…in the truest sense of the word, as even the...

Kit Jones is Waiting for You

SEA HISTORY 154, SPRING 2016 ~ Historic Ships on a Lee Shore Boatyards can be interesting, but oftentimes melancholy, places. Scattered...

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