| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 317 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 8 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 26 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 Sep 1943 |
| End service | 17 Jun 1960 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 1 May 1946. Reclassified as DER-317 on 13 September 1950. Recommissioned 28 February 1951. Decommissioned 17 June 1960. Stricken 1 December 1972. Sold 11 September 1973 and broken up for scrap. |
Commands listed for USS Joyce (DE 317)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. R. Wilcox, USCG | 30 Sep 1943 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Joyce include:
16 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-550 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40º09'N, 69º44'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson.
Some two hours after the attack USS Joyce and USS Peterson together pick up 56 survivors from the American tanker Pan Pennsylvania that was the first and only ship sunk by U-550. (see map)