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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
6 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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83k | Johnston Blakeley was born near Seaford, County Down, Ireland, in October 1781. Brought to the United States as a child in 1783, he was appointed a Midshipman in 1800. After service in President during the Quasi-War with France and command of Enterprise early in the War of 1812, Master Commandant Blakeley was appointed to command of the newly built sloop-of-war Wasp. In 1814 he made a very successful cruise which included capture of HMS Reindeer. Wasp was last heard of 9 October 1814 and is believed to have foundered in a gale. Blakeley received the thanks of Congress, a gold medal, and posthumous advancement to Captain for his last cruise. | Bill Gonyo | |
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16k | Undated, probably New York City. | Paul Rebold | |
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104k | Undated, location unknown. | Paul Rebold/John W. Klar | |
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59k | May 1919, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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70k | The USS Bakely (DD-150) shortly after her May, 1919 commissioning. | Mike at Green Creek Studios | |
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149k | Early 1920's, location unknown. | John W. Klar | |
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105k | Seen here at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard July-August 1942, having the bow of her stricken sister Taylor (Ex-DD-94) attached to replace her lost bow from a German torpedo in May 1942. | Bill Gonyo | |
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95k | May 25 or 26, 1942, Blakeley is seen here with 60 feet of her bow missing from a German torpedo hit on the 25th, Six men were killed and 21 wounded, but the gallant crew saved the ship and brought her to Port de France, Martinique, for emergency repairs. After additional repairs at Port Castries, Santa Lucia, British West Indies, and San Juan, P. R., Blakeley steamed to Philadelphia for permanent repairs. | - | |
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68k | Somewhere in the Caribbean- minus a bow, but still afloat, the torpedoed U.S.S. Blakeley labors her way to a Caribbean port for temporary repairs on her way home. Although she was one-fifth demolished when an enemy torpedo hit her last May, the old four-stacker destroyer is back at sea again, doing her job for Uncle Sam. Workmen accomplished a remarkable feat, repairing the vessel by cutting the entire bow off the Taylor, a sister ship to the Blakeley, and “grafting” it onto the bowless destroyer. U.S. Navy official photo from ACME. Photo from the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. | Bill Gonyo | |
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212k | The USS Blakely (DD-150) is in the left background of the photo. She has been prepared to receive the bow of the decommissioned destroyer USS Taylor (DD-94). The Taylor had been used as a damage control training hulk, #40. The Taylor's bow is seen here being moved into position with the shipyard crane, for attachment to the Blakely. | Mike at Green Creek Studios | |
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185k | Close up of the wooden bulkhead constructed and fitted to the Blakely at Martinique. The destroyer was moored to the starboard side of the impounded French carrier "Beam", for her voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where a steel false bow was attached. This bow allowed her to sail to Philadelphia, where permanent repairs were completed and the Taylor's bow was attached. | Mike at Green Creek Studios | |
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62k | 19-N-34074, off Philadelphia navy Yard September 5 1942. Naval Historical Center photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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67k | 19-N-34079, off Philadelphia navy Yard September 5 1942. Naval Historical Center photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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132k | Photo #: 19-N-78706, USS Blakeley (DD-150) underway in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. This photograph was sent to the Bureau of Ships in May 1945 and may have been taken at about that time. Note that Blakeley still carries a battery of four 4"/50 guns. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Paul Rebold | |
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144k | Photo #: 19-N-78707, USS Blakeley (DD-150) as above. | Paul Rebold | |
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126k | Photo #: 19-N-78708, USS Blakeley (DD-150) as above. | Paul Rebold | |
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