Claud Jones-class destroyer escort

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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 (1 × 2)
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.

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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.


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