Three ships in the United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 have been named USS Jouett for James Edward Jouett

James Edward Jouett

Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett , known as "Fighting Jim Jouett of the American Navy", was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War...

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was a Paulding-class

Paulding class destroyer

The Paulding-class destroyers were a modification of the Smith-class. The newer class burned oil rather than coal, lightening the ships and making them faster....

 destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

 launched in 1912, served in World War I, served in the United States Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930 and sold in 1934
was a Somers-class

Somers class destroyer

The Somers-class destroyer was a class of 1850-ton United States Navy destroyer based on the Porter-class. They were answers to the large destroyers that the Japanese navy was building at the time, and were initially intended to be leaders for destroyer flotillas...

 destroyer launched in 1938, served in World War II and decommissioned in 1945
was a Belknap-class

Belknap class cruiser

The Belknap class cruiser was a class of single-ended guided missile cruisers built for the United States Navy during the 1960s...

 guided missile cruiser

Cruiser

A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...

launched in 1964 and decommissioned in 1994