| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Somers |
| Pennant | DD 396 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Mar 1936 |
| Launched | 24 Sep 1938 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jan 1939 |
| End service | 1 Nov 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 1 November 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Jouett (DD 396)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Guy Wheeler Clark, USN | 25 Jan 1939 | 3 Nov 1941 |
| 2 | Cmdr James Carter Pollock, USN | 3 Nov 1941 | 15 Dec 1942 (1) |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Fondville Lee Tedder, USN | 15 Dec 1942 | 2 Jul 1943 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. John Calhoun Parham, Jr., USN | 2 Jul 1943 | 13 Jan 1945 |
| 5 | Grant Smith Heston, USN | 13 Jan 1945 | 1 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Jouett include:
17 May 1943
German U-boat U-128 was sunk in the South Atlantic south of Pernambuco, in approximate position 10°00'S, 35°35'W, by gunfire from the US destroyers USS Moffett and USS Jouett, and depth charges from two Mariner aircraft (Sqdn VP-74/P-6/P-5).
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