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Allied Warships

USS Jouett (DD 396)

Destroyer of the Somers class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSomers 
PennantDD 396 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Mar, 1936 
Launched24 Sep, 1938 
Commissioned25 Jan, 1939 
End service1 Nov, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 1 November 1945.
Stricken 28 November 1945.
Sold and broken up for scrap in 1946.  

Noteable events involving Jouett include:

17 May, 1943
The German submarine U-128 was sunk in the South Atlantic south of Pernambuco, in approximate position 10.00S, 35.35W, by gunfire from the US destroyers USS Moffett and USS Jouett, and depth charges from two Mariner aircraft (Sqdn VP-74/P-6/P-5). (see map)


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