Allied Warships

USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 137 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Nov 1942 
Launched19 Jan 1943 
Commissioned21 Jul 1943 
End service2 May 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 2 May 1947.
Stricken 1 July 1972.
Sold 19 July 1973 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137)

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1Lt.Cdr. Alfred Wiltz Gardes, Jr., USN21 Jul 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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