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DE- 317 USS JOYCE
CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 8 March 1943, Launched 26 May 1943
Commissioned 30 September 1943, Decommissioned 1 May 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-317, 13 September 1950
Recommissioned 28 February 1951, Decommissioned 17 June 1960
Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 11 September 1973
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undated wartime image |
USN / James Rocheleau |
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Mare Island Navy Yard, 28 Feb 1951 |
US Navy Photo |
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as DER-317, undated. |
USN / Max Selby |
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undated, as DER-317. |
USN / James Rocheleau |
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Summer of 1953 Kingston, Jamaica |
© James Rocheleau |
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Summer 1955, Newport R.I. |
USN / James Rocheleau |
USS JOYCE DE- 317 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Reunion Location and date
Branson MO, October 8-12, 2000
Contact Name: James J. Rocheleau
Address: 2902 Memorial Drive / Two Rivers WI 54241
Phone: (920) 793-4617
E-mail:Voice of the Joyce
Note About Contacts.
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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