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U.S.S. JOYCE

(DE-317)


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DE-317 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1941-JAN1956Caribbean
MAR1943-Keel Date: 8 MAR 1943
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
APR1943-JAN1946North Atlantic
MAY1943-Launch Date: 26 MAY 1943
SEP1943-Commissioned: 30 SEP 1943
APR1957-AUG1957Middle Pacific
JUN1960-Decommissioned: 17 JUN 1960
JUL1968- 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