Photos and the story

Jobb

Class	Rudderow class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-707
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched	1944-03-04
Commissioned	1944-07-04
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 13 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Jones, Herbert Mason Commanding officer from 4 July 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Jobb, hull DE-707, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 20 December 1943 and launched her on 4 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 4 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Herbert Mason Jones.

Her Pacific duty took her to Lingayen, the Philippines, Leyte, and Manus. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 13 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.