French destroyer Jauréguiberry (D637)

Bouvet, sistership of Jauréguiberry, in 1965
History
France
Name:	Jauréguiberry
Namesake:	Bernard Jauréguiberry
Operator:	Marine Nationale
Laid down:	September 1954
Launched:	5 November 1955
Commissioned:	15 July 1958
Decommissioned:	16 September 1977
Struck:	30 May 1986
Homeport:	Brest
Identification:	D 637
Fate:	Sunk as the target ship Q580 for the experimentation of the Exocet missile.
General characteristics
Class and type:	T 47-class destroyer
Displacement:	2750 tons standard, 3740 tons full load
Length:	128.6 m (422 ft)
Beam:	12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught:	5.4 m (18 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 63,000 hp
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	347
Armament:	6 - 127mm guns (3 twin turrets) 6 - 57mm guns (3 twin turrets) 4 - 20mm guns (4 × 1) 12 - 550mm torpedo tubes (4 × 3)

The fleet escort Jauréguiberry was a French destroyer of the T53 class, designed for anti-air and (to a lesser extent) anti-submarine roles. She was the second French Navy vessel to bear the name.

Laid down in September 1954, the vessel was launched on 5 November 1955. Jauréguiberry was commissioned into the Marine Nationale on 15 July 1958 with the identification number D 637.

In 1966 and 1968, she was involved in two nuclear tests with "Force Alfa", and a third one in 1970 with the cruiser De Grasse, in the Pacific Ocean. In 1974, she achieved a long mission with the frigate Duquesne.

In the beginning of 1977, a few months before being decommissioned, she was used for the film "Le Crabe-Tambour" by Pierre Schoendoerffer. The ship was decommissioned 16 September 1977 and struck from the vessel registry 30 May 1986.