Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Jobb

Rudderow-class destroyer escort

USS Jobb
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 79817 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Jobb (DE-707) in San Francisco Bay. As the ship flys a long "homeward bound" pennant, the photo most probably was taken upon her arrival from the Western Pacific on 9 January 1946.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Jobb4 July 1944 — 13 May 1946425 days of the war
Rudderow-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Jobb
Namesake
Richard Patrick Jobb
Builder
Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Ordered
1942
Laid down
20 December 1943
Launched
4 March 1944
Commissioned
4 July 1944
Decommissioned
13 May 1946
Struck
1 November 1969
Fate
Sold for scrap, October 1970 (1970)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,673 long tons (1,700 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
11.28 m (37 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
Complement
221
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

USS Jobb was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy. She was named for Richard Patrick Jobb. Her keel was laid at Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan on 20 December 1943. Launched on 4 March 1944, she entered service on 4 July 1944.

She was one of eight ships of her class. The class followed the Edsall-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,673 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 221.

Her main battery was four 40 mm (1.6 in) guns in two twin mountings.

She was in commission for 425 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 13 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1969.

She was broken up for scrap in October 1970.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Turbo-electric drive
  • 12000 hp
Armament
  • 2 × single 5-inch/38-caliber guns
  • 2 × twin 40 mm guns
  • 10 × single 20 mm guns
  • 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Jobb on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 79817 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons