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USS Jordan (DE-204)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - W - Z - P
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal
Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 5 June 1943
Launched 23 August 1943, Commissioned 17 December 1943
Decommissioned 19 December 1945, Stricken 8 January 1946
Fate: Collided with merchant vessel SS John Sherman off Miami 18 September 1945
repaired in Charleston, sold and broken up in July 1947
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Jordan 37k Julian Bethune Jordan was born 11 April 1904, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. He served in Chester, in Dobbin, and at various shore stations before reporting to USS Chester (BB-37) 4 August 1938. While serving as assistant engineering officer on board that battleship, he was one of the valiant men who were lost in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.

USS Jordan, DE-204, was the first ship named in his honor.

(Photo from The Official Web Site of the USS Oklahoma BB-37 thanks to Kevin King) 		Bill Gonyo
Jordan 23k undated wartime image Jon Burdett
Jordan Memorabilia
Commemorative Postal Cover
Jordan
Courtesy of
Jon Burdett		 Launch Program (Cover)
Jordan
Courtesy of
Jon Burdett		 Launch Program (Inside)
Jordan
Courtesy of
Jon Burdett
View the USS Jordan (DE-204), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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