Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
.jpg) USS McMorris | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Avondale Shipyard |
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| Preceded by: | Dealey-class destroyer escort |
| Succeeded by: | Bronstein-class frigate |
| Built: | 1956–1959 |
| In commission: | 1958–1974 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer escort |
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| Length: | 312 ft (95 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 1 in (3.68 m) |
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| Speed: | 20–22 knots (37–41 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
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The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament and speed compared to their predecessors. They were not seen as effective anti-submarine vessels and were sold after only 15 years service.
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A total of four ships of the Claud Jones class were built. All were decommissioned in 1973-1974 and sold onto the Indonesian Navy. All ships were built by Avondale.
- Claud Jones (DE-1033) : Commissioned 1958. Sold 1974, renamed KRI Monginsidi, in honor of Robert Wolter Monginsidi, an Indonesian hero from Sulawesi.
- John R. Perry (DE-1034) : Commissioned 1959. Sold 1973, renamed KRI Samadikun, in honor of Indonesian Navy First Lieutenant Samadikun, Commanding Officer of sunk-fated RI Gadjah Mada (408), a wooden boat, in Battle of Cirebon Bay against a Dutch destroyer.
- Charles Berry (DE-1035) : Commissioned 1960. Sold 1974, renamed KRI Martadinata, in honor of Vice Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata, a former Indonesian Navt Commander.
- McMorris (DE-1036) : Commissioned 4 March 1960 at Charleston, S.C., Lieutenant Cdr Martin Zenni in command, assigned to Escort Squadron 3 (CruDesFlot 7) at Naval Station San Diego, Calif. Sold 1974, renamed KRI Ngurah Rai after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian hero from Bali.
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