USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140)
USS J. R. Y. Blakely (DE-140) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Rear Admiral John Russell Young Blakely who was born 17 July 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1892.
J. R. Y. Blakely (DE-140) was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas, 7 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Mary Young Blakely, niece of Rear Admiral Blakely; and commissioned 16 August 1943, Comdr. J. H. Forshew in command.
Read more about USS J.R.Y. Blakely (DE-140): World War II Atlantic Ocean Operations, Sinking of German Submarine U-1062, Sinking of Another German Submarine, Transfer To The Pacific Theatre of Operations, Post-War Decommissioning
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