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USS Jobb (DE 707)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - Q - P

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (w/Asia Clasp) - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

Specifications:
Class: Rudderow
Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (light), 1,810 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30, 4 - 40mm Mk1 AA (2x2), 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Complement: 12 / 192

Jobb (DE 707) Building and Operational Data:

20 December 1943: Keel laid by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.

04 March 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. S. L. Jobb, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jobb

04 July 1944: Commissioned at Naval Station, New Orleans, La.; Lcdr. Herbert M. Jones in command

13 - 15 December 1945: Credited with downing two Japanese aircraft in the Mindoro Sea of the Philippine Islands

13 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 10 months of service having steamed 89,786 nautical miles

30 January 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal.

01 November 1969: Struck from the NVR

.. October 1970: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0670702	57k	04 March 1944: The future USS *Jobb* being side launched at Defoe Shipbuilding.		David Girt
0670703	254k	09 January 1946: USS *Jobb* (DE 707) in San Francisco Bay upon her return to the United States. Note her "Homeward Bound Pennant" streaming from her foretruck. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 79817, courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974, from the Naval History and Heritage Command)		Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager

Jobb History
View the USS Jobb (DE 707) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Jobb's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 04 Jul. 1944 – 20 Mar. 1945	Lcdr. Herbert Mason Jones, USNR (Baltimore, Md.)
2.) 20 Mar. 1945 - 12 Jan. 1946	Lcdr. Norman L. Field, USNR (Seattle, Wash.)
3.) 12 Jan. 1946 – 28 Mar. 1946	Cmdr. H. M. Edwards, USNR
3.) 28 Mar. 1946 – 13 May 1946	Lt.(jg) Richard F. Johnson, USNR

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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