USS Jordan (DE-204)

USS "Jordan" (DE-204), a "Buckley"-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Julian Bethune Jordan (1904-1941), who was killed in action aboard the USS "Oklahoma" during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.

"Jordan" was laid down 5 June 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched 23 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Lucy H. Jordan, widow of Lieutenant Jordan; commissioned 17 December 1943, Lieutenant Commander F. C. Billing in command.

After shakedown, "Jordan" arrived New York in mid-March 1944 for duty as convoy escort. She sailed 17 April with a convoy bound for Gibraltar, arriving there 1 May with transports carrying vital cargo for the operations in the Mediterranean area. She returned to New York later that month and made one more European voyage in June before beginning duty as a training ship. During July and August, she engaged in training exercises at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and arrived Port Everglades, Florida, 17 September to commence experimental exercises in that area.

After a yard period at Charleston, South Carolina, "Jordan" resumed sound experiments out of Port Everglades in early 1945. During May, she was deployed on another cruise to the Mediterranean as convoy escort, returning to New York 10 June. She engaged in submarine operations out of New London, Connecticut, and training exercises in Cuba, throughout the summer. It was through these experiments that new technological advancements in anti-submarine warfare were adopted, leading to a more powerful navy and a shorter war.

While on a training mission 18 September, "Jordan" collided with a merchant vessel, SS "John Sherman", necessitating immediate repairs. She arrived Charleston 4 October and remained there until she decommissioned 19 December 1945. The ship was scrapped in 1947.

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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/204.htm navsource.org: USS "Jordan"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de204.txt hazegray.org: USS "Jordan"]