USS Blakeley off Philadephia circa 1942 after modernization which included a new bow. By USNHC. Photo. www.navsource.org contribution Paul Rebold/Robert Hurst
CLASS - WICKES
Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on March 26 1918.
Launched September 19 1918 and commissioned May 8 1919.
Decommissioned June 29 1922.
Recommissioned October 16 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol.
Decommissioned July 21 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.
Displacement 1,154 Tons.
Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,000 SHP; Parsons Design Turbines, 2 screws.
Speed, 35 Knots.
Crew 103.
Upon recommissioning, Blakeley joined the Neutrality Patrol and with
After additional repairs at Port Castries, Santa Lucia, British West Indies, and
Photo. www.navsource.org. USS Blakeley off Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1943. By Paul Rebold
Photo. www.navsource.org. USS Blakeley underway in Charleston harbor South Carolina. By Paul Rebold