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9k | Ralph Wille Janssen was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, 28 January 1915, and enlisted in the Naval Reserve 12 October 1940. He was later appointed Midshipman,
undergoing training on board Arkansas and at the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School 1940-41. Upon commissioning, Janssen reported to destroyer Porter 02 August 1941,
and served on her during the critical first months of the Pacific war. Promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) 15 June 1942, he was killed 26 October 1942 when Porter was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. USS Janssen (DE 396) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois thanks to Nancy Chism |
Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource | |
 0639604 |
469k | 01 May 1944: Brooklyn, N.Y. - Janssen at anchor in Lower New York Bay. She departed the New York Navy Yard at 0700 after completing a ten day yard availability for repairs, alterations, fueling, reprovisioning and recreation & leave for the crew. After anchoring off Fort Lafayette to load ammunition from lighters, she got underway to "swing ship" in Lower New York Bay to calibrate HF/DF and magnetic compasses. Finishing at 1440 she departed New York in company with Willis (DE 395) for the Naval Base at Norfolk, Va. | Tim Rizzuto Ship's Superintendent DE Historical Museum USS Slater at Albany, N.Y. | |
 063602 |
80k | October 1945, Charleston, S.C. | Walt Peterson S1C | |
 0639605 |
335k | undated: Philadelphia. Pa. - Janssen at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. (A Ted Stone photo that he donated to the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum collection) |
Tim Rizzuto Ship's Superintendent DE Historical Museum USS Slater at Albany, N.Y. | |
 0639603 |
362k | Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A view of the Ship Basin at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Looking north from the Intrepid Ave. side, there are rows and rows of mothballed destroyers and destroyers escorts. One of the few identifiable ships is Janssen, decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. in 1946 and later transferred and towed to Philadelphia. Forward of her is the destroyer Sigourney (DD 643). | Jim Cunliffe Frederica, Del. | |
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379k | October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - ex-USS Janssen (DE 396) in mothballs at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia. She is
nested with ex-Hilbert (DE 742), ex-Osberg
(DE 538), and ex-Stockdale (DE 399), all to starboard. (Heilenday photo #II 0204A from the Heilenday Collection) |
Mark Heilenday Virginia Beach, Va. Captain, USN (ret.) June 1974 - July 2004 | |
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344k | October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - The ex-USS Janssen (DE 396), on the center, nested in a group of mothballed destroyer escorts at the
Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Pa. On Janssen's port side are ex-USS Parks (DE 165) and on her
starboard side is ex-USS Stockdale (DE 399). (Heilenday photo #III 0425A from the Heilenday Collection) | ||
| Janssen History |
| View the USS Janssen (DE 396) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site. |
| View the official War History of USS Janssen as submitted by the ship at war's end. |
| Janssen's Commanding Officers Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves |
| Dates of Command | Commanding Officers |
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| 1.) 18 Dec. 1943 – 25 Sep. 1944 | Lcdr. Harold E. Cross, USNR (Comm. CO) (New London, Conn.) |
| 2.) 25 Sep. 1944 - 28 Mar. 1945 | Lcdr. Rupert Dexter Hawley, USNR |
| 3.) 28 Mar. 1945 - 13 Jan. 1946 | Lcdr. Sydney G. Rubinow, USNR (Alameda, Cal.) |
| 4.) 13 Jan. 1946 - 12 Apr. 1946 | Lt. Thomas B. Morgan, Jr., USNR (Decomm. CO) |
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