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USS Joyce (DE 317)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - R - T

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Specifications:
Class: Edsall
Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1200 tons (light), 1590 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 20' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 9,100 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: 8 / 201

Joyce (DE 317) Building and Operational Data:

08 March 1943: Keel laid by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.

26 May 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Harold T. Joyce, mother of Ensign Joyce

30 September 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr. R. Wilcox, USCG, in command

16 April 1944: Joined with Peterson (DE 152) to attack German submarine U-550 after it was rammed by Gandy (DE 764) off Nantucket Shoals in the Atlantic. Sub sunk with depth charges and gunfire.

01 May 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 7 months of service, assigned to the Florida Group, Atlantic Inactive Reserve Fleet

13 September 1950: Reclassified and converted to DER 317 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.

28 February 1951: Recommissioned at San Francisco, Cal., Lcdr. J. P. McGrady, in command,

02 June 1951: Reassigned to Newport, R.I. as a unit of Escort Squadron 10

20 March 1952: Reassigned to Escort Squadron 16

July 1957: CortRon 16 reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hi.

17 June 1960: Decommissioned at the U. S. Naval Station Long Beach, Cal. after 9 years 3½ months of of service; custody to CO, Long Beach Group, U. S. Pacific Reserve Fleet

01 December 1972: Struck from the NVR with a total of 11 years and 10½ months of of service

11 September 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0631701	36k	Philip Michael Joyce was born 23 October 1920 in St. Louis, Mo., the eldest son of Harold Temm and Huldah B. (Becker) Joyce. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on 11 July 1940. Selected for an appointment as a midshipman during his preliminary training, he was commissioned Ensign on 28 February 1941. He served in USS *Langley* (CV 1) until 10 August when he reported to USS *Peary* (DD 226) for duty in the Pacific. Following the outbreak of war between the United States and Japan, *Peary* suffered heavy damage during an enemy air attack while moored at Cavite, Philippines on 10 December. Joyce was with *Peary* when she was bombed in Cavite bay. During the air attacks on the way to Australia, his captain recorded that 'Ensign P. M. Joyce USNR was instrumental in saving the ship by his continuous and fearless observation of the attacking planes from an exposed station. Despite this and two subsequent attacks, *Peary* reached Darwin, Australia, effected repairs and commenced antisubmarine patrols. While anchored in Darwin harbor on 19 February 1942 she was destroyed by five bombs which struck her during a devastating enemy raid. Though fighting to the end, *Peary* went down; and Ens. Joyce perished in a holocaust that only 1 officer and 30 men survived. His remains were unrecoverable and he is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. USS *Joyce* (DE 317) (1943-1960) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 102449* from the Naval History and Heritage Command)*	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource Archive Manager DE / FF / LCS Archive
0631705	137k	undated wartime image	James Rocheleau
0631715	396k	undated: The destroyer escort USS *Joyce* (DE 317) in harbor during World War II, after being fitted with additional 40mm guns amidships. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 106967 from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0631702	175k	08 July 1950: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Amidships looking forward plan view of USS *Joyce* (DE 317) under conversion. Note that much of her topside equipment has been removed including her mast. She was under conversion from 27 June 1950 to 8 March 1951. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-317-6592-7-50)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0631703	166k	08 July 1950: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Amidships looking aft plan view of *Joyce* under conversion. Note that much of her topside equipment has been removed. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-317-6594-7-50)
0631704	166k	16 February 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Radm F. E. Beatty, Area Commander Mare Island, speaks at the commissioning of the USS *Joyce* (DER 317). Capt B. E. Manseau (Commander of Mare Island) is the officer behind and to the left of Radm Beatty. (U.S. Navy photo #DER-317-8219-2-51)
0631706	166k	28 February 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Bow on view of *Joyce* departing Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DER-317-8407-2-51)
0631707	166k	28 February 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Stern view of *Joyce* departing Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DER-317-8411-2-51)
0631717	478k	28 February 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - A port quarter view (135° off centerline) of *Joyce* lying to off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #NY9-8410-2-51)
0631708	166k	09 March 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Forward plan view of *Joyce* at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DER-317-8513-2-51)
0631709	166k	09 March 1951: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. - Aft plan view of *Joyce* at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DER-317-8516-2-51)
0631714	215k	circa 1952: Newport, R.I. - *Joyce* swinging on a mooring buoy alongside *Chester T. O'Brien* (DE 421) (U.S. Navy Photo).	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0631710	98k	undated, as DER 317	Max Selby
0631716	271k	29 July 1953: Narragansett Bay, R.I. - USS *Joyce* (DER 317) underway off Newport, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, 29 July 1953. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #80-G-625696 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource Archive Manager DE / FF / LCS Archive
0631711	81k	undated, as DER 317	James Rocheleau
0631712	54k	Summer of 1953: Kingston, Jamaica (Photo ©James Rocheleau)
0631713	21k	Summer 1955: Newport, R.I.
0631718	100k	November 1962: off Newport, R.I. - A U.S. Navy Lockheed VW-2 *Warning Star* flies over the radar-picket destroyer escort USS *Joyce* (DER-317).	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Joyce Memorabilia
Ship's Lighter Courtesy of Mike Smolinski	Thanksgiving Menu, 1958 Courtesy of Bill Reidy	Welcome Aboard Pamphlet, 1958 Courtesy of Bill Reidy

Joyce History
View the USS Joyce (DE 317) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Joyce as submitted by the ship at war's end.

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

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
*U. S. Navy as DE-317 (Coast Guard Manned)*
1.) 30 Sep. 1943 – 05 Oct. 1944	Lcdr. Robert Wilcox, USCG (Comm. CO) (USCGA ‘36) (Washington, D. C.)
2.) 05 Oct. 1944 – 14 Aug. 1945	Lcdr. Benjamin Palmer Clark, USCG (USCGA ‘38) (Dallas, Tex.)
3.) 14 Aug. 1945 – 18 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Hubert George Ball, USCG (New York, N. Y.)
4.) 18 Dec. 1945 – 03 Jan. 1946	Lcdr. John Fawdrey Thompson Jr., USCG (USCGA ‘42) (Franklin, N. Y.) (ret. as Radm.)
5.) 03 Jan. 1946 – 28 Mar. 1946	Lt. Charles William Scharff, USCG (USCGA ‘43) (Hampton Bay, N. Y.)
6.) 28 Mar. 1946 – 01 May 1946	Lcdr. Emmett Patrick O’Hara, USCG (Decomm. CO) (Brooklyn, N. Y.)
*U. S. Navy as DER-317*
7.) 28 Feb. 1951 – .. Feb. 1952	Lcdr. James Patrick McGrady, USN (Recomm. CO)
8.) .. Feb. 1952 – .. Nov. 1952	Lcdr. David J. Bryan Jr., USN
9.) .. .... 1955 – 08 Aug. 1956	Lcdr. Norman (Breezy) Chaffee Bohan, USN (USNA ‘44) (Port Ewen, N. Y.)
10.) 08 Aug. 1956 – 13 Aug. 1958	Lcdr. John Peter Pabarcus, USN (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
11.) 13 Aug. 1958 – 26 Dec. 1959	Lcdr. Gordon Buster Tribble, USN (enl. '40, OCS '44) (Honolulu, Hi.)
12.) 26 Dec. 1959 – 27 Jan. 1960	Lt. Robert Alan Schroeder, USN
13.) 27 Jan. 1960 – 17 Jun. 1960	Lcdr. Kenneth Clark Holm, USN (enl. ‘41, NROTC ‘46) (Bozeman, Mont.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Last Known Reunion:
November 2006 at San Antonio, Tex.

Contact Name: James J. Rocheleau
Address: 2902 Memorial Drive
City/State: Two Rivers, Wis. 54241
Phone: (920) 793-4617
E-mail: Voice of the Joyce

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