| Jack | Jenks, J. M. | Joliet |
| Jackman, Capt. Henry | Jenney, W. LeBaron | Jolly Inez |
| Jackson, Herbert C. | Jennifer | Jones, B. F. |
| Jaffray, C. T. | Jensen Star | Jones, B. F. |
| James Sheridan | Jewett, H. J. | Jones, Harry R. |
| James Transport | Jin Yo Maru | Joynt, Robert N. |
| Jan Tomp | Jodie K. | June |
| Japan | Jodrey, Roy A. | Juniata |
| Java | Johnson, E. E. | Jupiter |
| Jeanie | Johnson, Horace | Jupiter |
| Jean-Talon | Johnstown | Jupiter |
| Jenkins, Charles O. | Johnstown |
Any great lakes freighter named A. B. Jones? I noticed it in a painting in the 1941 book Paddle-to-the-Sea by author and artist Holling Clancy Holling.
– John