The class was designed under project SCB 131 as a cost-effective version of an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship that could be built quickly in case of rapid mobilization.[1] The Claud Jones class had a standard displacement of 1314LT and were 1916LT at full load. The destroyer escorts were 301feet long at the waterline and 312feet overall with a beam of 38feet and a draft of 12feet. The Claud Jones class had an aluminum superstructure, a tripod mast forward and a pole mast further back amidships, with two stacks.
Following the guidelines given to them, the designers chose a single-shaft diesel-powered ship to maximize cost effectiveness.[2] The Claud Jones class were given four Fairbanks Morse 38ND8 diesel engines rated at 9200bhp. The class had a range of 7000nmi at 12kn and a maximum speed of 22kn.
The ships were initially armed with two 3adj=onNaNadj=on/50 caliber guns, one located forward with a closed shield and one located aft with an open shield. For ASW, the destroyer escorts were equipped with two forward-firing hedgehog anti-submarine mortars, two fixed 12.75adj=onNaNadj=on Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes and one depth charge rack placed over the stern. The fixed torpedo tubes were later removed and replaced with two triple tube mounts. In 1961, Charles Berry and McMorris received a Norwegian-designed Terne III ASW rocket-propelled depth-charge system.
The Claud Jones class was initially equipped with variable depth sonar, AN/SPS-10 and AN/SPS-6 search radars and SQS-29/32 hull-mounted sonar. The variable depth sonar was later removed. The vessels had a ship's company of 175 with 15 officers and 160 enlisted personnel. The class was not well-received and the designers were ordered to come back with another design, leading to the successor s.
The four vessels of the class were transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 1973–1974. In Indonesian service, Samadikun (ex-John R. Perry) and Martadinata (ex-Charles Berry) had one of the 3-inch guns removed and given Soviet twin-mounted 37abbr=onNaNabbr=on guns and twin-mounted 25abbr=onNaNabbr=on guns. Monginsidi (ex-Claud Jones) and Ngurah Rai (ex-McMorris) kept their two 3-inch mounts and had twin-mounted 25 mm guns added.
| Claud Jones class | ||||||||||
| US name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | US service | Indonesian name | Hull no. | Indonesian service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width = 72 | Commissioned | width = 72 | Fate | width = 72 | Commissioned | width = 72 | Status | |||
| DE-1033 | Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana | 1 June 1957 | 27 May 1958 | 16 November 1958 | Sold 16 December 1974 | KRI Monginsidi | 343 | 1974 | Retired | |
| DE-1034 | 1 October 1957 | 29 July 1958 | 12 January 1959 | Sold 20 February 1973 | KRI Samadikun | 341 | 1973 | Retired | ||
| DE-1035 | 3 September 1957 | 17 March 1959 | 25 November 1960 | Sold 31 January 1974 | KRI Martadinata | 342 | 1974 | Retired | ||
| DE-1036 | 1 October 1957 | 26 May 1959 | 4 March 1960 | Sold 16 December 1974 | KRI Ngurah Rai | 344 | 1974 | Retired | ||