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USS Paul Jones (DD 230)

Destroyer of the Clemson class


USS Paul Jones as modified for escort duties

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 230 
Built byWilliam Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Dec, 1919 
Launched28 Sep, 1920 
Commissioned19 Apr, 1921 
End service5 Nov, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryReclassified as Auxiliary AG-120 on 30 June 1945
Decommissioned 5 November 1945
Stricken 28 November 1945
Sold 5 October 1947 and broken up for scrap.  

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