Photo. www.navsource.org By Robert Hurst
CLASS - SOMERS
Displacement 2767 Tons (Full)
Launched September 24 1938 and commissioned January 25 1939.
Decommissioned November 1 1945.
Stricken November 28 1945.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1946.
Dimensions, 381' (oa) x 36' 11" x 12' 5" (Max).
Armament 8 x 5"/38AA (4x2), 8 x 1.1" AA, 2 x 0.5" MG 12 x 21" tt.(4x3).
Machinery, 52,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws.
Speed, 37 Knots.
Range 7500 NM@ 15 Knots.
Crew: 294.
DD 396 JOUETT began offensive antisubmarine patrols between
Jouett received President Vargas of Brazil 27 January 1943, providing quarters for him and his party during important conferences on board of Humboldt (AG 121) with President Roosevelt. Following the talks, which cemented relations between the countries and provided for closer naval cooperation, President Vargas departed Jouett 29 January.The veteran destroyer resumed her escort duties in February, and 14 May joined in the search for U-128 off
The destroyer continued to serve with Admiral Ingram's crack antisubmarine force, now 4th Fleet, through the rest of 1943. On New Year's Day 1944 she joined
USS Jouett in New York harbor 1939. Photo. www.navsource.org By Robert Hurst.
Circa 1944. Location unknown. Photo. www.navsource.org By Robert Hurst.