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DE- 147 USS BLAIR

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

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

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

USS BLAIR DE- 147 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

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


Note About Contacts.

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