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USS Blair (DE-147)


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
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 at Orange TX 13 September 1943
Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs FL 28 June 1946, Recommissioned at Mayport FL 5 October 1951
Reclassified DER-147, 1 November 1956
Decommissioned at Boston NSY 13 November 1956 for conversion to DER, Recommissioned at Boston 2 December 1957
Decommissioned at Puget Sound NSY 15 June 1960, Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold 26 September 1974 to the West Waterway Lumber Co., Seattle WA for scrapping.
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Blair 58k June 1944: Bayonne NJ - USS Blair (DE-147) in dry dock, Fay L. Eaton
Blair 68k circa 1944: Blair underway at speed
Blair 69k 14 February 1944: This photo was taken from the stern of USS Brough (DE-148) turning to port, with Blair in the background somewhere in the Atlantic. (Photo from the Harry Bissell Collection) John N. Adriani Sr.
Blair 83k 1945: Cardiff, Wales - Photo was taken from the signal bridge of Brough looking aft into the harbor. Blair (DE-147) is approaching the pier on the left and what looks like a Liberty ship off on the left. Notice that both DEs are painted in a wartime measure 32-camouflage scheme. This complex was known as the Queen Alexandria Docks. (Photo from the Harry Bissell Collection)
View the USS Blair (DE-147), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
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: Fay Eaton
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