USS Claud Jones (DE-1033)

USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) was a Claud Jones-class destroyer escort commissioned by the United States Navy in 1959. Named after Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Claud Ashton Jones, the ship was primarily tasked with anti-submarine warfare and convoy escort duties during the Cold War. Operating primarily in the Atlantic and Caribbean, she participated in numerous training exercises and NATO operations, reinforcing U.S. naval presence and readiness. USS Claud Jones was decommissioned in 1974 and later transferred to Indonesia, where she served as KRI Monginsidi (341).