Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "USS Jobb (DE-707) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named after Richard Patrick Jobb, born in McCormick, Washington, on 17 March 1920. He enlisted in the Navy on 28 February 1942. He was at Guadalcanal for America's first amphibious operation of the Pacific War. Hearing a call of a patrol subjected to enemy fire near the Namara River on 26 January 1943, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jobb rushed forward 150 yards (140 m) through intense enemy fire to aid the wounded. He continued to dress casualties under fire until he was himself hit and killed. For his courageous devotion to duty, Jobb was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.Jobb was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan, on 20 December 1943, She was launched on 4 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. S. L. Jobb, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jobb; and commissioned at New Orleans on 4 July 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Herbert M. Jones in command."@en }
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- USS_Jobb_(DE-707) abstract "USS Jobb (DE-707) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named after Richard Patrick Jobb, born in McCormick, Washington, on 17 March 1920. He enlisted in the Navy on 28 February 1942. He was at Guadalcanal for America's first amphibious operation of the Pacific War. Hearing a call of a patrol subjected to enemy fire near the Namara River on 26 January 1943, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jobb rushed forward 150 yards (140 m) through intense enemy fire to aid the wounded. He continued to dress casualties under fire until he was himself hit and killed. For his courageous devotion to duty, Jobb was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.Jobb was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan, on 20 December 1943, She was launched on 4 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. S. L. Jobb, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jobb; and commissioned at New Orleans on 4 July 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Herbert M. Jones in command.".