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7)DE 140 J.R.Y. BLAKELY



Photowww.navsource.org   By Jerry Church


CLASS: EDSALL

16 December 1942: Keel laid at the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.


07 March 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Mary Young Blakely, niece of Rear Admiral Blakely


16 August 1943: Commissioned, Cdr J. H. Forshew in command


14 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2.8 years of service


30 June 1962: Green Cove Springs closed completely, Blakely moved to Orange, Tex.


02 January 1971: Struck from the NVR


02 March 1973: Bidding for scrap opened


16 March 1973: Sold for scrapping to the Luria Bros. Scrap Co., Philadelphia, Pa.


22 August 1973: Removed from U.S. Navy custody


Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)


Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)


Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)


Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks.


Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws.


Speed: 21 knots.


Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots.


Crew: 8 / 201.


The veteran ship conducted training operations in Casco Bay, Maine, for several weeks, but departed Norfolk 8 September 1944 with another hunter-killer group, led by Mission Bay (CVE-59). On this cruise, the escort vessel took part in her first successful attack, as the Mission Bay group was sent to break up a suspected meeting between cargo submarine U-1062 and another submarine. Tripoli's(CVE-64) group helped maintain an around the clock search, and on 30 September, Fessenden, [Douglas L.] Howard , and J. R. Y. Blakely began to search out a contact.


Fessenden’s depth charge attack sank the submarine, U-1062, which was carrying valuable cargo for Germany. Following this success the group moved into the South Atlantic, where, because of the great success of allied antisubmarine tactics, contacts were scarce. After visiting Recife, Bahia and Capetown, J. R. Y. Blakely arrived New York 27 November 1944.



DE 140 Blakely seen moored alongside other vessels at Recife 1945. Photo www.desausa.org


 

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