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DE- 317 USS JOYCE

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX. on March 8 1943.
Launched May 26 1943.
Commissioned September 30 1943.
Decommissioned May 1 1946.
Reclassified and converted DER-317, September 13 1950.
Recommissioned February 28 1951.
Decommissioned June 17 1960.
Stricken December 1 1972.
Fate Sold September 11 1973 and broken up for scrap.

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Joyce 103k As DER-317, Undated. USN / Max Selby
Joyce 73k As DER-317, Undated. USN /
Joyce 18k Summer 1955, Newport R.I. USN / James Rocheleau
Joyce 146k Undated, War Time Image. USN / James Rocheleau
Joyce 77k Undated, As DER-317. USN / James Rocheleau
Joyce 52k SUMMER OF 1953 KINGSTON, JAMAICA. © 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: voiceofthejoyce@peoplepc.com



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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