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USS Janssen (DE-396)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - Y - B

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal

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 Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 4 August 1943, Launched 4 October 1943
Commissioned 18 December 1943, Decommissioned 12 April 1946
Stricken 1 July 1972

Fate: Sold for scrapping 15 October 1973

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	9k	Ralph Wille Janssen was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, 28 January 1915, and enlisted in the Naval Reserve 12 October 1940. He was later appointed Midshipman, undergoing training on board *Arkansas* and at the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School 1940-41. Upon commissioning, Janssen reported to destroyer *Porter* 2 August 1941, and served on her during the critical first months of the Pacific war. Promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) 15 June 1942, he was killed 26 October 1942 when *Porter* was torpedoed by an enemy submarine during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. USS *Janssen* (DE-396) was the first ship to be named in his honor. Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois thanks to Nancy Chism		Bill Gonyo
	80k	October 1945, Charleston SC		Walt Peterson, S1C

View the USS Janssen (DE-396), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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