| The J.A. Jones Construction Company, a construction engineering firm originally established in North Carolina, was founded in 1890 by James Addison Jones, subsequently becoming one of the major construction firms of the South. The J.A. Jones Company wasn't a shipbuilding company originally, but had established a reputation for good management, which led the USMC to consider the firm as a suitable operator for major Liberty shipyards; first at Panama City, Florida, and then also at Brunswick, Georgia. |