Launching of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship E. LESTER JONES in 1940.

Launching of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship E. LESTER JONES in 1940. Named in memory of the Survey’s 11th superintendent and Father of the NOAA Corps, the ship sailed for 27 years, much of the time in Alaskan waters.

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