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U.S.S. J.R.Y. BLAKELY
(DE-140)Click to view crew list
DE-140 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DE-140 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-140 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 16 DEC 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| MAR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 7 MAR 1943 | ||
| AUG | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 16 AUG 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 14 JUN 1946 | ||
DE-140 General Specifications
Class: Edsall-class destroyer escort
Named for: John Russell Young Blakely
Complement: 8 Officers and 201 Enlisted
Displacement: 1253 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36.58 feet
Flank Speed: 21 knots
Range: 9 100 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 22 August 1973