USS Blue (DD-744)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Blue.
USS Blue (DD-744), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second United States Navy ship of that name, for Lieutenant Commander John S. Blue (1902–1942).
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United States | |
Name | Blue |
Namesake | John S. Blue |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 30 June 1943 |
Launched | 28 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 January 1971 |
Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
Fate | Sunk as target off California 28 April 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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