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DE- 219 USS J. DOUGLAS BLACKWOOD
CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Philadelphia NSY on 22 February 1943
Launched 29 May 1943, Commissioned 15 December 1943
Decommissioned 20 April 1946, Recommissioned 5 February 1951
Assigned to NRT, 4th Naval District at Philadelphia PA 15 November 1957
Decommissioned 1 August 1958, placed "In Service" as a unit of the Selected Reserve Force
Recommissioned for the Berlin Crisis 2 October 1961, Decommissioned and placed back "In Service" 1 August 1962
Assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District at Whitestone NY January 1969
Placed "Out Of Service" and stricken January 30 1970
Fate: sunk as target 20 July 1970
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David Titus 52-55 |
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David Titus 52-55 |
View the J. Douglas Balckwood (DE-219)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none
Note About Contacts.
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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