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:
“... wounding God with his blue face,
his tyranny, his absolute kingdom,
with my aphrodisiac.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The lariat snaps; the cowboy rolls
His pack, and mounts and rides away.
Back to the land the cowboy goes.”
—William Jay Smith (b. 1918)