USS Jarvis (DD-799)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | June 7, 1943 |
| Launch | February 14, 1944 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
June 3, 1944-24. October 1960 |
| Whereabouts | 1960 canceled to Spain in 1988 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
2,100 ts |
| length |
114.7 meters |
| width |
12.2 meters |
| Draft |
5.4 meters |
| crew |
329 |
| drive |
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| speed |
35 kn |
| Range |
6,500 nautical miles (11,700 km) at 15 knots |
| Armament |
When commissioning:
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The USS Jarvis (DD-799) was a for Fletcher Class belonging destroyer of the US Navy . The destroyer was used in World War II and the Korean War. In 1960 she was loaned to Spain as part of the Military Assistance Program , which she put into service as Alcalá Galiano . In 1988 the ship was canceled.
Namesake
James C. Jarvis (1787–1800) was a midshipman in the US Navy. At the age of 13 he was killed in action between the frigates USS Constellation and La Vengeance on February 2, 1800.
technology
Hull and drive
The hull of the USS Jarvis was 114.7 m long and 12.2 m wide. The draft was 5.4 m, the displacement was 2,100 tons . The ship was powered by two General Electric steam turbines, and the steam was generated in four Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The power was 60,000 shaft horsepower, the top speed was 35 knots .
Armament and Electronics
Main armament of the destroyer were with putting the five 5 "/ 38 Mk.30 single towers to air defense, ten were located. 40 mm - anti-aircraft guns and ten 20-mm guns on board.
The USS Jarvis was equipped with radar . An SG and an SC radar were mounted on the mast above the bridge, with which aircraft could be located at distances between 15 and 30 nautical miles and ships between 10 and 22 nautical miles. A QC sonar was installed for underwater location .
history
The USS Jarvis was laid down at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on June 7, 1943 and launched on February 14, 1944. Godmother was the daughter of the senator from Oregon Rufus C. Holman . On June 3, 1944, the destroyer entered service under the command of Commander EB Ellsworth.
1944-1945
On August 25, after completing its test drives , the USS Jarvis left Seattle as an escort of the battleship USS South Dakota with a course for Pearl Harbor. She left Hawaii on September 3 and moved to Adak in Alaska. There she was one of the naval forces in the North Pacific, which among other things carried out operations against the Kuril Islands as well as advances against Japanese shipping and coastal positions between Paramushiru and Matsuwa . After the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, she ran to Aomori on Honshū in order to support landings of troops during the occupation of Japan and to destroy military facilities on Honshū and Hokkaidō . The destroyer set course for Hawaii on November 19 and participated in Operation Magic Carpet , in which it transported troops to the east coast of the United States via San Diego and the Panama Canal on December 1, 1945 . On December 22, 1945, she reached the Charleston Navy Yard .
1946-1950
On April 11, 1946, the USS Jarvis was assigned to the reserve fleet and decommissioned on June 29. Due to the development of the situation in Korea , it was decided in 1950 to reactivate the destroyer.
1951-1954
After an overhaul, the USS Jarvis was returned to service on February 8, 1951 under the command of Commander EF Rye. Before she set course for Korea on May 15, 1952, she was deployed in the Atlantic from Charleston and Norfolk . She moved through the Panama Canal with stops on the west coast of the United States and in Japan on the Korean east coast. It began on June 23, 1952 with its patrols along the coast between Songjin and Chongjin and operated together with the units of the 7th US Fleet. She called at Yokosuka on August 18 and patrolled Formosa Street from September 26 to October 10 . She then moved to Subic Bay to drive back to Norfolk on October 18. She reached Norfolk after stays in Ceylon , Suez and Gibraltar on December 12, 1952. Until the end of 1954, the USS Jarvis served in the Atlantic fleet and was subordinate to the 6th US fleet in the Mediterranean from May to July 1954.
1955-1960
In January 1955, the USS Jarvis moved to Long Beach . After completing her training, she left the base on April 21, 1955 to operate with the 7th US Fleet in the Western Pacific between Japan and the Philippines. In total, she was sent to the Far East five times in the following years and went on patrols as part of the Taiwan Patrol . In 1955 she took part in Operation Passage to Freedom , the evacuation of refugees from North to South Vietnam . During the Second Quemoy Crisis , the USS Jarvis was used in support of the Republic of China . On March 4, 1960, she returned from her fifth voyage to the Far East at Long Beach Naval Base.
On September 24, 1960, she set course for the east coast and reached the Philadelphia Navy Yard on October 16 . The USS Jarvis was decommissioned on October 24, 1960 and was then again part of the reserve fleet.
Alcalá Galiano (44 / D24)
As part of the Military Assistance Program , the destroyer was loaned to Spain on November 3, 1960, initially for five years . The Spanish Navy put the ship into service as SPS Alcalá Galiano . The initial identifier 44 was later changed to D 24 and the loan period was extended.
The Alcalá Galiano was decommissioned on October 1st, 1988 and sold for demolition in December.
Awards
The USS Jarvis received a Battle Star for service in World War II and another for service in the Korean War.
Individual evidence
literature
- Stefan Terzibaschitsch: Destroyer of the US Navy . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-86047-587-8 .
- Alan Raven: Fletcher Class Destroyers . Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 1986, ISBN 0-87021-193-5 .
Web links
- History of USS Jarvis (DD-799) in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
- navsource.org: USS Jarvis (English)