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U.S.S. J. DOUGLAS BLACKWOOD
(DE-219)DEDICATED - DAUNTLESS
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DE-219 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DE-219 Shellback Initiation | Add a DE-219 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | ||
MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | ||
FEB | 1951 | - | Commissioned: 5 FEB 1951 | ||
JUN | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1953 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1958 | - | Decommissioned: 1 AUG 1958 | ||
AUG | 1961 | - | MAY | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
OCT | 1961 | - | SEP | 1962 | Reserve crew activated for Berlin Crisis augmentation |
JUN | 1963 | - | JUL | 1963 | Caribbean |
AUG | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1966 - Atlantic Ocean |
DE-219 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: J. Douglas Blackwood
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9 feet 6 in
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as a target 20 July 1970