USSJordan

History
United States
Name	USSJordan
Namesake	Julian Bethune Jordan
Ordered	1942
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	5 June 1943
Launched	23 August 1943
Commissioned	17 December 1943
Decommissioned	19 December 1945
Stricken	8 January 1946
Honors and awards	4battle stars(World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrap, July 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-classdestroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) light 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion	2 × boilers General Electricturbo-electricdrive 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 2 × rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23knots(43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	3 ×3-inch/50-caliber guns 1 × quad1.1-inch/75-caliber gun 8 × single20 mm guns 1 × triple21 inch (533 mm)torpedo tubes 1 ×Hedgehoganti-submarine mortar 8 ×K-gundepth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USSJordan(DE-204)was aBuckley-classdestroyer escortin service with theUnited States Navyfrom 1943 to 1945. Following a collision with a merchant vessel, she was not repaired and scrapped in 1947.

History

USSJordanwas named in honor ofLieutenantJulian Bethune Jordan (1904–1941), who was killed in action aboardUSSOklahomaduring the Japaneseattack on Pearl Harboron 7 December 1941.

Jordanwas laid down on 5 June 1943 by theCharleston Navy Yard;launched on 23 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Lucy H. Jordan, widow of Lieutenant Jordan; commissioned on 17 December 1943.

After shakedown,JordanarrivedNew Yorkin mid-March 1944 for duty asconvoyescort. She sailed on 17 April with a convoy bound forGibraltar,arriving there on 1 May with transports carrying vital cargo for the operations in theMediterraneanarea. She returned to New York later that month and made one more European voyage in June before beginning duty as a training ship. During July and August, she engaged in training exercises atQuonset Point, Rhode Island,and arrivedPort Everglades, Florida,on 17 September to commence experimental exercises in that area.

After a yard period atCharleston Navy Yard,Jordanresumed sound experiments out of Port Everglades in early 1945. During May, she was deployed on another cruise to the Mediterranean as convoy escort, returning to New York on 10 June. She engaged insubmarineoperations out ofNew London, Connecticut,and training exercises inCuba,throughout the summer. It was through these experiments that new technological advancements inanti-submarine warfarewere adopted, leading to a more powerful navy and a shorter war.

While on a training mission on 18 September,Jordancollided with amerchant vessel,SSJohn Sherman,necessitating immediate repairs. She arrived Charleston on 4 October and remained there until she decommissioned on 19 December 1945. The ship was scrapped in 1947.

References

• This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.

External links

• Photo galleryof USSJordanat NavSource Naval History