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Want to join the JPK Former Crewmembers Association? It's only $20 per year and includes a GREAT newsletter!
Just print out this form, fill it in, and follow the intructions -
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The 2010 reunion will be held in Fall River, Massachusetts, from 30 SEP 10 through 03 OCT 10.
Join in on all the fun, food, comradeship, and ceremonies, including visiting the old "Joey P".
Contact Ray Sampson at {401} 725-8848 OR print out these forms - click here.
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U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. | DD-850 | ||
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co. | Fore River Yard | Quincy, Mass. |
Laid Down | April 2nd, 1945 | ||
Launched | July 26th 1945 | ||
Commissioned | December 15th, 1945 | ||
F.R.A.M. (Level I) Completed | May, 1962 | N. Y. Naval Shipyard | New York, NY |
Stricken from Navy List | July 2nd, 1973 | To Museum Status | Fall River, Mass. |
DISPLACEMENT | 1946 | 1962 | |
Full Load | 3,479 tons | 3,540 tons | |
MAXIMUM SPEED | |||
Full Load | 34.6 knots | 31.3 knots | |
SHIP'S COMPLEMENT | |||
OFFICERS | 22 | 18 | |
ENLISTED | 345 | 270 | |
ARMAMENT | |||
GUNS / SURFACE | 1945 | 1952 | 1962 |
5" /38 Twin | 6 | 6 | 4 |
3" /50 Twin | - | 4 | - |
3" /50 Single | - | 2 | - |
40mm Quad | 12 | - | - |
40 mm Twin | 4 | - | - |
20 mm Twin | 18 | - | - |
TORPEDO | |||
21" Quintuple | 5 | 5 | - |
ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS | |||
Hedgehog Mark 11 | - | 2 | - |
Depth Charge Tracks (Rails) | 2 | 1 | - |
Depth Charge Projectors | 6 | 6 | - |
Mark 32 Torpedoes | - | - | 6 |
ASROC (AntiSubmarine ROCket) | - | - | 8 |
DASH (Drone AntiSubmarine Helicopter) | - | - | 1 |
THE SHIP | |||
DIMENSIONS | |||
Overall Length | 390' 6" | ||
Waterline Length | 383' 0" | ||
Maximum Beam | 41' 1" | ||
Frame Spacing | 21" | 210 frames | |
Designed Draft | 13' 1" | ||
Maximum Draft | 18' 6" | ||
MACHINERY | |||
Boilers | 4 | B & W | 3 drum express |
Pressure | 565 psi | ||
Temperature | 850° F. | ||
Turbines | Two sets | Westinghouse | geared |
Reduction | Two sets | DeLaval | double reduction |
Shaft Revolutions | 312 rpm | ||
Horsepower | 60,000 | ||
Propellers | Two | four bladed | |
Diameter | 12' 6" | ||
Rudders | Two | balanced | streamlined |
Fuel Oil | 739 tons | ||
Diesel Oil | 26.5 tons |
Sailors - DESTROYERMEN! - Sign the
Ship's Log
Click the graphic to join.
Some information and a brochure on Arleigh Burke, added on 9 NOV 99,
courtesy of Tracy Peters - click here.
The Curator/Educational Coordinator at Battleship Cove in Fall River, emailed me in early March of 1998 stating that a "DD850's former crewmember association" newsletter is available. If you're interested in obtaining a complimentary copy of the latest one, please send your snailmail address to Debbie Collins at dlc3174@aol.com . The Curator job has now (1999) been assumed by Mr. Christopher Nardi - check out the Battleship Cove website for his email address.
Jim Davis, now of Pittsburgh, PA, loaned me a cruise book. To see
the Cruise Book
from the 1960 Med Cruise, just follow the arrows:
or go to the index. And THANKS JIM!!
Debbie Collins at the U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial has kindly
provided several pictures of the "Joey P" to me. Check them
out at the Crew's Lounge!
Closeup snap of the D.A.S.H. now available at the "Lounge".
Two pictures (Master-At-Arms badge, and MM1 L.W. Johnson III & BT1 Rector in Naples
contributed by (ex-MM1) Leonard W. Johnson III - added 30 OCT 98.
Newspaper picture of decommissioning ceremony contributed by Dirck Harris, ex
BT3 - added 30 DEC 98.
Some GREAT photos of the early years of the JPK have been provided by
Bill Lucas, and are now added to the Crew's Lounge. Check out these
picures from the 1946-7 era and the Joey P's South America cruise!
- added 30 JAN 99.
On 20 MAY 99 I received an email and later these pictures from one
of my old shipmates, ex-RD3 Butch Ruiz. Here's a link to those pictures -
Butch Ruiz - added 21 MAY 99.
Some more great photographs from the 1946 / 47 era, these courtesy of
Chuck Cassidy, were added on 27 MAY 99. Check them out!
More snapshots, these from the 1962/63 era, donated by Len Barrett, ex-RD3.
These are from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and some pictures of a visit to
the JPK by Joe, Jr's, little brother (President John F. Kennedy) and
his wife.
Added a picture of the JPK, Jr. in Fall River, MA, with the Russian
missile boat alongside on 26 OCT 99. Thanks again to Butch Ruiz!
Here's Dale Yanz's contribution - some pix of the ole Joey P in 1970-71 -
link updated 10 DEC 01.
These patches courtesy of Andy R. Maseo.
Added 01 MAY 00.
I received a note on 14 JUL 00 from Bill Freethy that says "I was aboard the JPK in 62/63 as a GMG3. Here is a
pic of me at that time.
If there are any old shipmates out there that remember me give me an e-mail at bfreethy@inteliport.com." Thanks Bill.
And here's a link to another JPK page -
- just click on the crest! updated 23 MAR 99
Can anybody give this guy some help -
request for information ?
Here's a picture of my old college roommate's ship, the
U.S.S. Noxubee, AOG-56, a gasoline
tanker. His name is Gary C. Hall, his rate, Yeoman. Wow!
Secretary on a could-be Molotov cocktail! No thanks! Give me a
"small boy" any day.
So you miss the "good ole navy days", eh? Read this -
shipboard life.
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