USS Joyce (DE-317)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Philip Michael Joyce |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | 8 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 26 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 June 1960 |
| Reclassified: | DER-317, 13 September 1950 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1972 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 11 September 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,253 tons standard 1,590 tons full load |
| Length: | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
| Beam: | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
| Draft: | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 FM diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp (4.5 MW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,100 nmi. at 12 knots (17,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Joyce (DE-317) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Ensign Philip Michael Joyce who was killed in action on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, Australia. She was laid down 8 March 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched 26 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Harold T. Joyce, mother of Ensign Joyce; and commissioned 30 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. Wilcox, USCG, in command.
Read more about USS Joyce (DE-317): World War II North Atlantic Operations, Sinking of German Submarine U-550, Transferred To The Pacific Fleet, End-of-War Activity, Converted To Radar Picket Ship, Final Decommissioning, Awards
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