USS Claud Jones

USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) was launched 27 May 1958 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana, sponsored by Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie; and commissioned 10 February 1959, Lieutenant Commander W. M. Cone in command. The ship was named for Claud Ashton Jones.

USS Claud Jones (DE-1033)
History
United States
Name:	USS Claud Jones (DE-1033)
Namesake:	Claud Ashton Jones
Builder:	Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana
Launched:	27 May 1958
Sponsored by:	Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie
Commissioned:	10 February 1959
Stricken:	16 December 1974
Fate:	Sold to Indonesia, 1 December 1974
Indonesia
Name:	KRI Mongisidi (343)
Namesake:	Robert Wolter Mongisidi
Acquired:	1 December 1974
Decommissioned:	January 2003
Status:	Decommissioned; awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer escort
Displacement:	1,314 long tons (1,335 t) standard 1,970 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length:	312 ft (95 m)
Beam:	38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Draft:	12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 Diesels 9,240 shp; 7,000 bhp 1 shaft
Speed:	20–22 knots (37–41 km/h)
Range:	7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement:	171 total: 12 Officers 159 enlisted men
Electronic warfare & decoys:	AN/SPS-6E-2D air search radar
Armament:	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2 × 1) 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar

After training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Claud Jones cruised to northern Europe between June and August 1959, returning to Key West, Florida, her home port. During 1960, she operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean, with a voyage to northern European waters during NATO exercises in September and October.

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.