USS John Paul Jones (DD-932)
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United States | |
Name | USS John Paul Jones |
Namesake | John Paul Jones |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 18 January 1954 |
Launched | 7 May 1955 |
Commissioned | 5 April 1956 |
Decommissioned | 15 December 1982 |
Reclassified | DDG-32, 15 March 1967 |
Stricken | 30 November 1985 |
Motto | I have not yet begun to fight |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 31 January 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
Displacement | 4619 tons |
Length | 418 ft (127.4 m) |
Beam | 44 ft 11 in (14.7 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Geared Turbines, 2 screws |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 324 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS John Paul Jones (DD-932/DDG-32), named for
John Paul Jones was laid down by the
History
John Paul Jones, second of the initial class
The new destroyer departed for her first cruise with
In the spring of 1958 John Paul Jones operated with Canadian ships on training maneuvers in the Atlantic. After further training off the East Coast and in the Caribbean, she sailed again for the Mediterranean 17 March 1959. This tour with the 6th Fleet on its peace-keeping mission ended 24 July when the ship arrived Boston.
The year 1960 began with
The following year saw the veteran ship embark on another Mediterranean cruise 6 February to 1 July; the remainder of 1963 was spent on antisubmarine exercises in the Atlantic.
Operations along the Atlantic Coast continued until John Paul Jones began another 6th Fleet deployment 20 June 1964. She operated primarily in the western Mediterranean, on ASW assignments until returning home 3 September 1964. Early in 1965 she participated in
John Paul Jones headed back to the Mediterranean 18 June for NATO exercises with units of the French, Greek and British navies.
John Paul Jones was converted to a
Fate
John Paul Jones was a member of the U. S. Pacific Fleet when she was decommissioned on 15 December 1982. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 November 1985 and sunk as a target off the coast of California on 31 January 2001.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.