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0613701	247k	Herbert Charpiot Jones was born in Los Angeles, California on 21 January 1918 and enlisted in the Naval Reserve in May 1935. After receiving Midshipmen's training on board the drill ship Prairie State (IX-15), he was commissioned in the rank of Ensign in November 1940. During the 07 December 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor he was serving as an officer in USS California (BB 44). When his ship was attacked and badly damaged, he rescued a sailor from a smoke-filled compartment, then led an anti-aircraft battery in firing on the raiders. When the ammunition hoists were put out of action, Ensign Jones organized an ammunition passing party and led it until he was fatally injured by a bomb. He then refused evacuation out of fear for the lives of his rescuers. For his heroism during the Pearl Harbor battle, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137) (1943-1947) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH92307and NH48730-KN, painting by Mrs. H.E. Ogden Campbell from the Naval History and Heritage Command)		Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0613712	201k	19 January 1943: Orange, Tex. - The future USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137) being launched into the Sabine River at the Consolidated Steel Corp. Shipyard. (U.S. Navy Photo, Catalog No. 19-N-50637 from the United States National Archives)		Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0613702	84k	Herbert C. Jones (DE 137) and Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) at Oran, North Africa. (Photo from "Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WW II")		-
0613703	69k	1943: Herbert C. Jones at Mers-el-Kebir, North Africa, her refueling depot. The French battleship Lorraine is in the background at right. (Photo from "Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WW II")
0613708	133k	16 October 1943: Algiers, Algeria - From the War Diary of Herbert C. Jones as she entered Algiers Harbor: 0743 - Passed through submarine nets. Steaming at various courses and speeds, maneuvering in harbor channel, while waiting for berth assignment. 0805 - All engines, ahead full. 0805½ - English Submarine HMS Universal rammed this ship on port side just forward of steering engine room, between frames 139 and 140 in compartment C-203-L. Hole in                side of approximately three feet in width and from about three feet below water line to about six feet above. 0806 - All engines stopped. Anchored in Algiers Harbor (old) in 48 feet of water, with fifteen fathoms of chain to the starboard anchor. 0835 - Tug boat "St. Louis" tied up on starboard quarter and attempted to pull ship free of Universal (P57). 0846 - Bow of submarine broke free of ship. 0917 - Tug "St Louis" cast off. 0920 - Underway for assigned berth alongside USS Vulcan, bow to bow. (U.S. Navy photos #80-G-227245, 80-G-227246, 80-G-227250, and 80-G-227251 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)		Tracy White Seattle, Wash.
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0613704	50k	1944: Anchored off Palermo, Sicily (Photo from "Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WW II")		-
0613705	37k	August 1944: At anchor off St. Tropez, France. (Photo from "Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WW II")
0613706	475k	15 November 1944: off Brooklyn, N.Y. - Two port side views of Herbert C. Jones taken by the New York Navy Yard. Jones was in for a major overhaul between October and December 1944. (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-137 19-N-77794 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of  Chris Wright) (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-137 19-N-80966 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of  Chris Wright)		Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
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0613713	141k	22 March 1945: New York Harbor - Starboard bow view of USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137) off the New York Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy Photo, Catalog No. 19-N-80965 from the United States National Archives)		Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0613714	105k	22 March 1945: New York Harbor - Port side view of USS Herbert C. Jones off the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The "Liberty" ship S.S. Robert S. Lovett is behind her, at right. (U.S. Navy Photo, Catalog No. 19-N-80964 from the United States National Archives)
0613715	131k	May 1970: Philadelphia, Pa. - Herbert C. Jones (DE 137) laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 79826, Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974, from the Naval History and Heritage Command)

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