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USS J.R.Y. BLAKELY
(DE-140)Click Here
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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 |
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| 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

































