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This is JOUETT (DD-396) in April of 1944, with Measure 22 camouflage. Interestingly, JOUETT's Measure 22 has been applied in a non-standard fashion with the forward stripe of Navy Blue (5-N) following the line of sheer forward, versus the standard format that would create a horizontal line up to the lowest level of sheer.

JOUETT shows typical late-war alterations for the SOMERS class, which were not totally rebuilt like the PORTERs. The main gun armament is nearly unchanged, with Mount 53 having been landed to accommodate more light anti-aircraft guns. The number 2 torpedo tube mount has also been deleted and replaced with a 40mm Bofors (to port) and a 20mm Oerlikon (to starboard). A tall mainmast (similar to that fitted to the PORTER class) sits atop the aft deckhouse, with a DAQ HF/DF antenna above, along with a small battle gaff and the screened speed light halfway up the mast. The large and distinctive pilot house windows that characterized the pre-war DD designs have been plated over and replaced with portholes. The foremast mounts antennas for the SG and SA search radars.

JOUETT served in the Atlantic, escorting convoys and intercepting German blockade runners before participating in the naval component of Operations OVERLORD and DRAGOON. The ship was decommissioned at the close of hostilities and scrapped in 1946.

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Description
This is JOUETT (DD-396) in April of 1944, with Measure 22 camouflage. Interestingly, JOUETT's Measure 22 has been applied in a non-standard fashion with the forward stripe of Navy Blue (5-N) following the line of sheer forward, versus the standard format that would create a horizontal line up to the lowest level of sheer.

JOUETT shows typical late-war alterations for the SOMERS class, which were not totally rebuilt like the PORTERs. The main gun armament is nearly unchanged, with Mount 53 having been landed to accommodate more light anti-aircraft guns. The number 2 torpedo tube mount has also been deleted and replaced with a 40mm Bofors (to port) and a 20mm Oerlikon (to starboard). A tall mainmast (similar to that fitted to the PORTER class) sits atop the aft deckhouse, with a DAQ HF/DF antenna above, along with a small battle gaff and the screened speed light halfway up the mast. The large and distinctive pilot house windows that characterized the pre-war DD designs have been plated over and replaced with portholes. The foremast mounts antennas for the SG and SA search radars.

JOUETT served in the Atlantic, escorting convoys and intercepting German blockade runners before participating in the naval component of Operations OVERLORD and DRAGOON. The ship was decommissioned at the close of hostilities and scrapped in 1946.

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All original work. Do not reproduce without following the Shipbucket.com Fair Use Agreement (requires preservation of the scale bar, watermark, and credits in the original on any derivative works).