USS Blue (DD-744)
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| Name: | Blue |
| Namesake: | John S. Blue |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 20 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 January 1971 |
| Struck: | 1 February 1974 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target off California 28 April 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Blue (DD-744), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second United States Navy ship of that name, for Lieutenant Commander John S. Blue (1902–1942).
Blue was launched on 28 November 1943 by Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, New York; co-sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Blue and Miss Eleanor Stuart Blue, widow and daughter, respectively, of Lieutenant Commander Blue; and commissioned on 20 March 1944, Commander Lot Ensey in command.
Blue reported to the Pacific Fleet in July 1944 and joined TF 58 at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. While screening the fast carrier task forces, Blue took part in:
Blue was damaged by typhoon of 5 June off Okinawa, and retired to Leyte for repairs. Her repairs were completed in time for the destroyer to join the 3rd Fleet for its attacks against the Japanese home islands (10 July – 15 August).
On 27 August, Blue captured the Japanese submarine I-400 off the coast of Honshū and brought her to just outside port (where another vessel took custody of her).
Blue was one of the ships which escorted the battleship Missouri into Tokyo Bay 29 August for the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at Yokosuka Naval Base.
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