USN · DD
Paul Jones
Photos and infoClemson-class destroyer, DD-230. William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia. Laid down 23 December 1919, launched 28 September 1920, commissioned 19 April 1921. The NavSource list gives her at Balikpapan to Lieutenant Commander Charles Richard Herms from 10 January 1942. Other accounts still name John Joseph Hourihan. She was not sunk. The transports lost that night are not credited to her. She survived the war.
| Class | Clemson class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-230 |
| Builder | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia |
| Launched | 1920-09-28 |
| Commissioned | 1921-04-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk at Balikpapan. Reclassified AG-120 on 30 June 1945. Decommissioned 5 November 1945. Stricken 28 November 1945. Sold 5 October 1947 to Northern Metal, Norfolk, and broken up. |
| Armament (class) | Flush-deck four-piper, the same pattern as the Wickes class. |
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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.
USS Paul Jones (DD-230) on 16 September 1944. Hull number 230 is on the bow. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-177786, National Archives. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Balikpapan
1942-01-24 · last in the column. Not sunk
Battle of the Java Sea
1942-02-27 · last in the American destroyer column. Fired five torpedoes to starboard at about 1821. None hit. Not sunk
