The Claud A. Jones Award is a prestigious award presented annually to the "Fleet Engineer of the Year" by the American Society of Naval Engineers

American Society of Naval Engineers

The American Society of Naval Engineers is a professional association of American naval engineers. Naval Engineering includes all arts and sciences as applied in the research, development, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and logistic support of surface and subsurface ships and...

 (ASNE) since 1987. The award recognizes the efforts of United States fleet or field engineers who have made significant contributions to improving operational engineering or material readiness of the United States maritime forces during the past three years prior to nomination.

The award is named in memory of Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

 recipient Admiral Claud Ashton Jones

Claud Ashton Jones

Rear Admiral Claud Ashton Jones was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a Medal of Honor recipient.-Biography:...

 for "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession" as a result of his courageous actions in 1916 while serving as engineer on USS Memphis (CA-10) when she was wrecked in the harbor of Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

 by an unexpected tidal wave. Jones' career spanned over 40 years including his midshipman days with the first 24 years of his service spent largely on ships and with the fleet while serving with distinction in engineering assignments.

Criterion

The ASNE criterion for nomination states: "The nominee must have made sustained significant contributions to improving operational engineering or material readiness of maritime defense forces culminating in the three-year period ending in the current year. Evidence of the personal involvement and an assessment of the significance of the nominee's contribution should be submitted. If, for security reasons, the details of the actions cannot be publicly disclosed, the statement should be sufficiently specific for recognition of the accomplishment by those qualified to assess it and should be endorsed by a select number of experienced senior executives with authorized access to the information."

Past Recipients of the Claud A. Jones Award

• 1987 - Commander Carl N. Strawbridge, USN - Repair of USS Stark (FFG-31)
  USS Stark (FFG-31)
  USS Stark , 23rd ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark ....
  
  
• 1988 - Captain Richard T. Holmes, USN - Engineer Officer, USS Constellation (CV-64)
  USS Constellation (CV-64)
  USS Constellation , a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States and the only naval vessel ever authorized to display red, white, and blue designation numbers...
  
  
• 1989 - Commander Reginald J. Erman, USN - Repair Officer, USS Emory S. Land (AS-39)
  USS Emory S. Land (AS-39)
  USS Emory S. Land is the lead ship in her class of submarine tenders in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Emory S. Land....
  
  
• 1990 - Commander Ray S. McCord, USN - Repair Officer, USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37)
  USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37)
  USS Samuel Gompers was a destroyer tender, the first of her class, and designed to be a floating repair shop for ships of the U.S. Navy either in port or at sea...
  
  
• 1991 - Commander James M. Hunn, USN - Battle Damage Repair
• 1992 - Mr. Thomas G. Connors - Military Sealift Command Fleet
• 1993 - Captain Richard H. Funke, USN - Director, Engineering Training Group - Atlantic
• 1994 - Commander David C. Neily, USN - CO, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Guantanamo Bay
• 1995 - Commander Kurt J. Harris, USN - OIC of the SIXTH Fleet Ship Repair Unit Detachment, Bahrain
• 1996 - Commander Kevin M. McCoy
  Kevin M. McCoy
  Vice Admiral Kevin M. McCoy is a native of Long Island, New York and joined the United States Navy in 1977. McCoy is currently the 42nd commander of Naval Sea Systems Command.-Education:...
  
  , USN - While serving as Repair Officer on board USS L.Y. Spear (AS-36)
• 1997 - Mr. Jon C. Leverette (Tie) - Development of T-45
  T-45 Goshawk
  |-Avionics:Data from naval-technology.com *Smiths Industries, Ltd. AN/USN-2 Standard Attitude Heading and Reference System . Later replaced by the BAE/Marconi AN/ASN-180 Navigation Guidance System ....
  
   Integrated Maintenance Program (IMP)
• 1997 - Commander Kenneth P. Roey, USN (Tie) - While serving as Repair Officer at SIMA, San Diego
• 1998 - Commander David W. Bella, USN - OIC USN Ship Repair Facility, Detachment Sasebo
• 1999 - Commander Robert G. Butler, Jr., USN - Commanding Officer, SIMA Norfolk
• 2000 - Commander Patrick J. Keenan, USN - Officer in Charge, Ship Repair Unit, Bahrain
• 2001 - Commander Kevin M. O'Day, USCG - Cutter Support Branch Chief, Maintenance and Logistics Command, Pacific
• 2002 - Captain (Sel.) James G. Green, USN - Engineer Officer, USS Constellation (CV 64) and Repair Officer, SUPSHIP San Diego
• 2003 - Lieutenant James A. Novotny, USCG - While serving in the Naval Engineering Division at Coast Guard Headquarters, and as Assistant Section Chief for Patrol and Standard Boats at Maintenance and Logistics Command, Atlantic
• 2004 - Lieutenant Robert B. Bailey, USN - As Engineering Assessor and Diesel Team Leader at Afloat Training Group (ATG) Pacific, as MPA in USS Tarawa
  USS Tarawa
  Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Tarawa, after the Pacific atoll that was the scene of a bloody fight in the Pacific War.* The first was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1946....
  
  , and as Chief Engineer in USS Germantown
  USS Germantown
  Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Germantown, after Germantown, Pennsylvania, the scene of an American Revolutionary War battle....
  
  
• 2005 - Lieutenant Commander William A. Hale, USN - Ship's Maintenance Manager in USS Carl Vinson and Battle Force Intermediate Maintenance Activity Manager
• 2006 - Lieutenant Commander Michael J. Paradise, USCG - Project Officer for the Coast Guard's 210 foot and 270 foot Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC)
  USCG Medium Endurance Cutter
  The United States Coast Guard's cutter fleet contains numerous smaller vessels, and about three dozen large icebreakers, High endurance cutters, Medium Endurance cutters, and three National Security Cutters. There are two legacy vessels, the Alex Haley and the Acushnet.There are 13 vessels in the...
  
   Mission Effectiveness Project (MEP)
• 2007 - Lieutenant Commander Roberto M. Abubo, USN - Chief Engineer, USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)
  USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)
  USS Bonhomme Richard is an Amphibious Assault Ship, and the third United States Navy ship of that name. It was named in honor of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, which he had named the French language equivalent of "Good man Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. Ambassador to France at...
  
  
• 2008 - Master Chief Machinery Technician Bradley G. McMinn, USCG - Outstanding achievements and contributions to improving the operational readiness of the Coast Guard Cutter Fleet while assigned to Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic and Pacific, Advanced Ship System Instruction and Support Teams