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9 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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| 63k | Victor Blue was born in Richmond County, N.C., 6 December 1865 and graduated from the Academy in 1887. Lieutenant Blue was advanced five numbers for intelligence missions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He serve as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation (1913-16) and 1919) and commanded Texas (BB-35) during her service with the 6th Battle Squadron. Rear Admiral Blue retired in 1919 and died 22 January 1928. Digital ID: npcc 19737, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 28k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 28k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 103k | Undated, location unknown. | Jesse P. Mannix | |
| 65k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Radigan | |
| 190k | Undated, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 155k | USS Blue (DD-387), left, and USS Helm (DD-388), ready for christening, in Drydock Two at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 27 May 1937. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Joe Radigan | |
| 53k | USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Blue (DD-387) at Norfolk Navy Yard prior to launching. USN photo. | Joe Radigan | |
| 58k | Launch Program for the USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Blue (DD-387) at Norfolk Navy Yard, May 27 1937. | Ron Reeves | |
| 58k | Circa 1937-40, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 120k | USS Blue (DD-387) at sea during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's cruise, 27 February 1939. Photographed from USS Houston (CA-30). USN Photo No NH 63134. | Robert Hurst | |
| 213k | USS Tangier (AV-8) (R ) unloads supplies at Midway, 26 December 1941; USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) and USS Blue (DD-387) are at left; USS Tamaha (YN-440) is in the background, center. The Tangier had originally been earmarked for the Wake Island relief expedition before being diverted to Midway. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-266634. | Mike Green | |
| 147k | Outboard USS Blue (DD-387) and inboard USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1942. Among the details visible are: 5"/38 gun mounts; newly-installed 20mm guns; Mk. 33 gun directors atop pilothouses; and stores in boxes on Ralph Talbot's forecastle. | Fred Weiss | |
| 114k | Outboard USS Blue (DD-387) and inboard USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1942. Among the details visible are: newly-installed 20mm guns; blowers mounted on deck aft of # 2 5"/38 gun; Mk. 33 gun directors atop pilothouse; radio-direction finding antennas on pilothouse face; and quadruple torpedo tubes amidships. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 73k | Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, U.S. destroyers remove the crew from the fatally-damaged HMAS Canberra, off Guadalcanal at about 0630 on the morning of 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra's port bow, as USS Patterson (DD-392) approaches from astern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 54k | USS Blue (DD-387) transferring into boats survivors from the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra to USS Melville (AD-2) after the Battle of Savo Island. Photo from United States Destroyer Operations in World War II, by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
| 99k | USS Blue (DD-387) leaving the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, for builder's trials, 24 August 1937. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 74k | USS Blue (DD-387) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 65k | USS Blue (DD-387) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 106k | USS Blue (DD-387) transferring survivors from the HMAS Canberra (D33) to the USS Fuller (AP-14) following the Battle of Savo Island on August 9, 1942. | David A. Darst | |
| 154k | "Men wounded in the Battle of Tulagi Island being removed from the USS Blue (DD-387) to the USS Neville (AP-16), 7-8-9 August 1942." (quoted from the original caption). This photograph was probably taken on 9 August, as Blue was transferring survivors of the Battle of Savo Island, which had taken place during the previous night. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 147k | Map of Iron Bottom Sound indicating where ships were sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal. | Ron Reeves | |
| 14k | Ship's patch. | Don McGrogan | |
CDR Jerauld B. Wright Aug 14 1937 - May 15 1939 (Later ADM) LCDR Charles Owen Comp May 15 1939 - Jun 15 1941 (Later RADM) CDR Harold Nordmark Williams Jun 15 1941 - Aug 22 1942
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