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USS Jordan (DE 204)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - W - Z - P

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 198

Jordan (DE 204) Building and Operational Data:

05 June 1943: Keel laid by the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

23 August 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Lucy H. Jordan, widow of Lt. Jordan

17 December 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. F. C. Billing in command

18 September 1945: Collided with merchant vessel SS John Sherman off Miami, temporarily repaired at Miami, Fla.

19 December 1945: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C. after 2 years of service

08 January 1946: Struck from the NVR

July 1947: Sold, scrapped

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0620401	37k	Julian Bethune Jordan was born 11 April 1904, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. He served in USS *Chester* (CA 27), in USS *Dobbin* (AD 3), and at various shore stations before reporting to USS *Oklahoma* (BB 37) on 04 August 1938. While serving as assistant engineering officer on board that battleship, he was one of the valiant men who were lost in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 07 December 1941. USS *Jordan* (DE 204) (1943-1945) was the first ship named in his honor. (Photo from The Official Web Site of the USS Oklahoma BB 37 thanks to Kevin King)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0620406	381k	23 August 1943: Charleton, S.C. - USS *Jordan* (DE 204) on the left, and USS *Thomason* (DE 203) on the right, await launching at the Charleston Navy Yard.	S. Dale Hargrave Newport News, Va.
0620404	96k	03 May 1944: *Jordan* underway in the Atlantic. She had completed a 10 day yard period in Brooklyn on 02 May and was steaming north to Casco Bay, Maine. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-229657 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0620402	23k	undated wartime image - Note the big twin tub for the two single 20 mm oerlikons on the fantail. A light tripod mainmast is fitted for the D/F aerial. (Photo and text from "U.S. Destroyer Escorts of World War II" by Peter Elliott)	Jon Burdett
0620403	161k	undated wartime image (Note the distortions where the radar and other electronic devices were; *Jordan* was used for system testing for awhile, and I suppose that is the reason for the distortions) (Photo courtesy of RT1c Milton A. Dexheimer, USS *Jordan*, WWII)	Paul E. Wieloszynski Paul's USS Myles C. Fox Web Site

Jordan Memorabilia
Commemorative Postal Cover Courtesy of Jon Burdett	Launch Program Courtesy of Jon Burdett

Jordan History
View the USS Jordan (DE 204) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Jordan's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 17 Dec 1943 - 02 May 1944	Lcdr. Fred C. Billing, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) 02 May 1944 - 31 Oct 1945	Lcdr. Daniel Bontecou, USNR

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Jordan

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