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DE 585 USS DANIEL A. JOY

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 1 December 1943
Launched 15 January 1944, Commissioned 28 April 1944
Assigned to NRT, 12th Naval District at San Francisco 12 August 1946
Decommissioned 7 February 1949, Recommissioned 11 December 1949
Placed "In Commission, In Reserve" 5 May 1950 and
Assigned to NRT, 9th Naval District at Chicago IL
Decommissioned (?) (?) 1965, Stricken 1 May 1965
Fate: sold for scrapping 11 March 1966

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Daniel A. Joy 52k undated wartime image USN
Daniel A. Joy 23k Moored at Great Lakes Naval Station, date unknown. When reporting aboard Don Garner was told at the 9th Naval District Receiving Station, "Walk down that street one block and turn left." USN
Daniel A. Joy 34k She is shown here moored to her jetty next to the Chicago Naval Armory, across Lake Shore Drive from Chicago's Loop. For several years she cruised the Great Lakes as a Naval Reserve Training ship. © Don Garner RM3, Aug 1953 - Oct 1954

USS DANIEL A. JOY DE- 585 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: Robert D. Somerville
Address: 12842 Forestview Road / Palos Heights IL 60463
Phone: (708) 448-7686
E-mail: none


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