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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. 
The list is in chronological order.
<ol>Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid November 30 1942 - Launched January 19 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HERBERT C. JONES DE-137'''<br/>
Commissioned July 21 1943 - Decommissioned May 2 1947<br/><br/>
Stricken July 1 1972<br/>
Sold July 19 1973 for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS HERBERT C. JONES DE-137_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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<th align="center" valign="center" width="100">DATE FROM<br/>to<br/>DATE TO</th>
<th align="center" width="320">THUMBNAIL LINK TO<br/>CLOSE-UP IMAGE</th>
<th align="center" width="120">THUMBNAIL LINK TO<br/>FULL COVER IMAGE</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1946-03-07
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Herbert C. Jones_DE137_19460307_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Herbert C. Jones_DE137_19460307_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3z (TBT)
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1944-04-09
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[[Image:JonBurdett herbertcjones de137 19440317 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett herbertcjones de137 19440317.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)<br/>Navy Unit Commendation
<br/>American Campaign Medal<br/>European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/3 stars<br/>WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Ensign Herbert Charpoit Jones USN (January 21 1918 - December 7 1941)<br/>
Jones was killed during the [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor attack]] while serving on [[CALIFORNIA_BB_44|USS CALIFORNIA BB-44]]<br/>
Jones dived into a smoke-filled hatchway and crawled along oil-slick decks to rescue a 
stricken sailor before being temporarily overcome by fumes. Reviving, Ensign Jones saw an antiaircraft battery without a leader and, staggering to his feet, took command.  As a second wave of Japanese planes came in, the young officer fired his guns until all their ammunition was expended. 
Since a torpedo had put CALIFORNIA’s ammunition hoist out of action, Ens. Jones quickly organized a party of volunteers to go below and pass the ammunition up by hand. The vitally needed shells had just begun to reach the battery when a bomb hit the ship and mortally wounded him. As the men tried to carry him to safety, the gallant Ensign told them, “Don’t bother about me.  I’m done for.  Save yourself before the magazines go off!”  Jones was posthumously awarded The Medal of Honor for conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty



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