On October 26, 1924 B.H. Jones rammed the steamer E.A.S. Clarke in heavy fog in the Detroit River near the Great Lakes Engineering Works. E.A.S. Clarke sank almost immediately. There were no deaths. In 1937 B.H. Jones had her cargo hatches rebuilt with a hatch cover crane and 24-foot (7.3 m) centers in Detroit, Michigan, she was also extended to 560 feet (170 m) in length.[3]
On October 23, 1941 B. H. Jones grounded off the east end of Belle Isle in the Detroit River. The tugboatsAmerica and Oregon arrived to assist her soon after the grounding. America got caught in the towline of Oregon, capsized and sank in five second into 19 feet (5.8 m) of water. Six of America's crew members died.[4][5] In 1949 the Interstate Steamship Company's fleet merged with their parent company, the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her career with Jones and Laughlin lasted only three years. 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).
On August 21, 1955 B.H. 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. After an inspection she was declared a constructive total loss.[6] She was sold for scrap to the Duluth Iron & Metal Company and scrapped in Duluth, Minnesota. B.H. Jones's pilot house, one-piece steel hatch covers and deck crane were transferred to the steamer Sparkman D. Foster.[7]
