Allied Warships

USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Edsall
Pennant	DE 137
Built by	Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.)
Ordered	10 Jan 1942
Laid down	30 Nov 1942
Launched	19 Jan 1943
Commissioned	21 Jul 1943
End service	2 May 1947
History	Decommissioned 2 May 1947. Stricken 1 July 1972. Sold 19 July 1973 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Herbert C. Jones (DE 137)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Alfred Wiltz Gardes, Jr., USN	21 Jul 1943	7 Dec 1943
2	Rufus A. Soule, 3rd, USNR	7 Dec 1943	8 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Herbert C. Jones include:

16 Oct 1943
While leaving Algiers harbour HMS Universal (Lt. C. Gordon, RN) her steering motor failed and she collided with the US destroyer escort USS Herbert C. Jones (Lt.Cdr. A.W. Gardes, Jr., USN).

HMS Universal's bow was badly bent and she required about two weeks of repair. (1)