page_title: Jones Point, New York
section_title: Hudson River Reserve Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Jones Point, New York / Hudson River Reserve Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: The “Mothball Fleet” was moored in the Hudson River between Jones Point and Tompkins Cove, across from Buchanan, NY as depicted in this 1950s era photograph from 1946 to 1971. It was part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established by act of Congress in 1946.
context_page_description: Jones Point is a former hamlet located in the town of Stony Point in Rockland County in the state of New York, United States. Located north of Tomkins Cove; east of Bear Mountain State Park; south of Iona Island; and west of the Hudson River. It is directly across the Hudson River from the city of Peekskill and lies at the foot of Dunderberg Mountain.
  Although it is located in primarily suburban Rockland County, the hamlet is rural in character, making it an exurb of New York City. Over 85% of the hamlet is part of the Bear Mountain State Park.
  Beginning in World War I, Jones Point was the home of the Jones Point Chemical Weapons Research Laboratory, which conducted projects on liquid propellants, incendiary compounds, and the chemical weapons phosgene and mustard gas.
  The Hudson River National Defense Reserve Fleet was located off Jones Point from 1946 until 1971. It spanned from there to Tomkins Cove.
context_section_description: In 1946 the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, known widely as the "Mothball Fleet", was moved from off Tarrytown in the Hudson north to Jones Point at the foot of Dunderberg Mountain.
  The fleet was at its peak with 189 ships in July 1965. Anchored in ten rows, it extended from the fleet office at the Jones Point dock, several miles to the south to the Boulderberg House at Tomkins Cove. Several viewing points were established along Route 9W for the hundreds of motorists who stopped daily to look at the ships.
  Sell-off and redeployment of ships to the James River Reserve Fleet in Virginia was rapid thereafter, with the last two vessels towed away in 1971.
caption: The Hudson River Reserve Fleet in the 1950s
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