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USS J. DOUGLAS BLACKWOOD
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DE-219 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1943 | Keel Date: 22 FEB 1943 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
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| MAY | 1943 | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | |||
| FEB | 1951 | Commissioned: 5 FEB 1951 | |||
| AUG | 1958 | Decommissioned: 1 AUG 1958 | |||
| 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
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