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U.S.S. JOYCE
(DE-317)Click to view crew list
DE-317 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1941 | - | JAN | 1956 | Caribbean |
MAR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 8 MAR 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
APR | 1943 | - | JAN | 1946 | North Atlantic |
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 26 MAY 1943 | ||
SEP | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 30 SEP 1943 | ||
APR | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 17 JUN 1960 | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 JUL 1968 - Atlantic Ocean |
DE-317 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: Philip Michael Joyce
Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1253 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36.58 feet
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 9 100 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 11 September 1973