For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below:
AB AC AD AE AG AK AM AO AQ AS AT AW AX AZ BM BT BU
CE CM CS CT DC DK DM DP DS DT EA EM EN EO ET EW
FC FT GM GS (53-61) GS (78-Now) HM HT IC IM IS IT JO LI LN LS
MA (48-67) MA (72-Now) ME ML MM MN MR MS MT MU NAVY NC ND OM OS OT
PC PH PM PN PR QM RD (WW2) RD (48-72) RM SD SF SH SK SM
SO ST SV SW TM UT WT YN NAVY DIVER


U.S.S. DANIEL A. JOY

(DE-585)


Click to view crew list
 

DE-585 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DE-585 Shellback Initiation Add a DE-585 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-JAN1945Middle Pacific
JAN1944-Launch Date: 15 JAN 1944
APR1944-Commissioned: 28 APR 1944
OCT1944- Shellback Initiation - 13 OCT 1944 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1944-JAN1945Middle Pacific
NOV1944-JAN1945Middle Pacific
FEB1949-Decommissioned: 7 FEB 1949
DEC1949-DEC1949Recommisioned for Great Lakes Reserve Duty
OCT1962-JAN1963Cuban Missle Blockade

DE-585 General Specifications

Class: Rudderow class destroyer escort

Named for: Daniel A. Joy

Complement: 186 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1450 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 24 knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped 1 March 1966