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DE- 147 USS BLAIR

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX on 19 January 1943, Launched 6 April 1943
Commissioned 13 September 1943, Decommissioned 28 June 1946
Recommissioned 5 October 1951
Reclassified DER-147, 1 November 1956, Decommissioned for conversion 13 November 1956
Recommissioned 2 December 1957, Decommissioned (?)
Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: sold 10 September 1974, scrapped

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Blair 58k In dry dock Bayonne NJ, June 1944 Fay L. Eaton
Blair 62k underway at speed, c.1944 Fay L. Eaton

USS BLAIR DE- 147 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Fay Eaton
Address: 38 Diamond St. PO Box 6 / Electric City WA 99126-0006
Phone: (509) 633-1392
E-mail: featon@bigdam.net


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