USS Blue Jay may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships:
- USS Blue Jay (AMc-23), the former fishing vessel Charles J. Ashley; acquired by the Navy as Coastal Minesweeper and renamed, 1940; converted to diving tender as YTD-6, 1943; reverted to original owner in 1946.
- USS Blue Jay (AMCU-17), the former LCI(L)-654; converted to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), 1954; never commissioned under Blue Jay name; sold, 1960.
Famous quotes containing the words blue and/or jay:
“I have just come down from my father.
Higher and higher he lies
Above me in a blue light
Shed by a tinted window.”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)
“Jerry: She’s one of those third-year girls that gripe my liver.
Milo: Third-year girls?
Jerry: Yeah, you know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. They give me a swift pain.
Milo: Why?
Jerry: They’re officious and dull. They’re always making profound observations they’ve overheard.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)