Claud Jones-class destroyer escort

USS McMorris
Class overview
Builders:	Avondale Shipyard
Operators:	United States Navy  Indonesian Navy
Preceded by:	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Succeeded by:	Bronstein-class frigate
Built:	1956–1959
In commission:	1958–1974
Completed:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,314 long tons (1,335 t) standard 1,970 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length:	312 ft (95 m)
Beam:	38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Draft:	12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 Diesels 9,240 shp; 7,000 bhp 1 shaft
Speed:	20–22 knots (37–41 km/h)
Range:	7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement:	171 total: 12 Officers 159 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2 × 1) 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar

The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament and speed compared to their predecessors. They were not seen as effective anti-submarine vessels and were sold after only 15 years service.

Hull numbers

A total of four ships of the Claud Jones class were built. All were decommissioned in 1973-1974 and sold onto the Indonesian Navy. All ships were built by Avondale.

• Claud Jones (DE-1033) : Commissioned 1958. Sold in 1974 and renamed KRI Monginsidi, in honor of Robert Wolter Monginsidi, an Indonesian hero from Sulawesi.
• John R. Perry (DE-1034) : Commissioned 1959. Sold in 1973 and renamed KRI Samadikun, in honor of Indonesian Navy First Lieutenant Samadikun, Commanding Officer of sunk-fated RI Gadjah Mada (408), a wooden boat, in Battle of Cirebon Bay against a Dutch destroyer.
• Charles Berry (DE-1035) : Commissioned 1960. Sold in 1974 and renamed KRI Martadinata in honor of Vice Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata, a former Indonesian Navt Commander.
• USS McMorris (DE-1036): Commissioned 4 March 1960 at Charleston, S.C., Lieutenant Cdr Martin Zenni in command, assigned to Escort Squadron 3 (CruDesFlot 7) at Naval Station San Diego, Calif. Sold in 1974 and renamed KRI Ngurah Rai after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian hero from Bali.

Resources

• List of Claude Jones class Destroyer Escorts

External links

• Claud Jones-class ocean escorts at Destroyer History Foundation