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USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219)

N - W - M - U
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Waterbury"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star

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: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
82k	29 May 1943: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - The christening of six destroyer escorts in a dry-dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The three ships in the foreground are (from left): USS *Enright* (DE-216), USS *Coolbaugh* (DE-217) and USS *Darby* (DE-218). Those in the background are (from left), USS *J. Douglas Blackwood* (DE-219), USS *Francis M. Robinson* (DE-220) and USS *Solar* (DE-221). (US Navy Photo #NH 75610 from the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of James Russell, 1972)	Bill Gonyo
62k	undated wartime image	Robert Hurst
173k	2 November 1945: Mare Island NSY, San Francisco CA - Aft plan view of USS *J. Douglas Blackwood* (DE-219) at Mare Island. USS *Darby* (DE-218) is inboard and USS *Mansfield* (DD-728), USS *Stanly* (DD-478) and USS *Evans* (DD-552) are forward of *Blackwood. Blackwood* was in overhaul at the yard from 4 September to 17 November 1945. (US Navy photo #DE-219-6946-45)	Darryl Baker
150k	2 November 1945: Mare Island NSY, San Francisco CA - Forward plan view of *J. Douglas Blackwood* at Mare Island. USS *Darby* (DE-218) is inboard and USS *Harmon* (DE-678) is outboard of USS *Coolbaugh* (DE-217) in the background. (US Navy photo #DE-219-6947-45)	Darryl Baker
157k	15 November 1945: Mare Island NSY, San Francisco CA - After plan view of *J. Douglas Blackwood* at Mare Island. USS *Darby* (DE-218) is inboard and USS *Harmon* (DE-678) is outboard of USS *Coolbaugh* (DE-217) in the background. (US Navy photo #DE-219-7188-45)	Darryl Baker
157k	15 November 1945: Mare Island NSY, San Francisco CA - Forward plan view of *J. Douglas Blackwood* at Mare Island. USS *Darby* (DE-218) is inboard and USS *Harmon* (DE-678) is outboard of USS *Coolbaugh* (DE-217) in the background. (US Navy photo #DE-219-7190-45)	Darryl Baker
75k	undated postwar image	DESA archives
34k	(early 50's): undated image	David Titus ('52-'55)
35k	(early 50's): undated image	David Titus ('52-'55)
61k	early 50's	Robert Hurst

View the USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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