Blakely (DE 1072) - Naval Cruise Book

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,ni '.--'-' 'T ' I I fa-s...r .:g,vCv.f'i4. fs Commander Schreadley enlisted in the Navy in February 1949, and served at sea on board USS FORREST ROYAL CDD-872D and USS LEYTE QCV-325. In July 1955, he re- ceived a commission as an Ensign by direct appointment from enlisted status and has since been promoted through the ranks, achieving the grade of Commander on 1 july 1969. He has served tours as Gunnery Officer on USS HANK CDD-7025, as an instructor of Naval Science at the New York State Maritime College, as a student in the Staff Officers Course at Naval Schools, Mine Warfare, as Mine Warfare Officer on the Staff of Commander Mine Squadron FOUR, as Officer-in-Charge of USS GREENWOOD CDE-679D, as Commanding Officer, USS STURDY CMSO-494l, and as a Special Assistant on the Staff of Commander Naval Forces , Vietnam. He assumed command of Mine Division FORTY-FIVE on 5 August 1970, and command of USS BLAKELY on 28 April 1972. Commander Schreadley holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In the period of 1967-1969 he attended, under Navy sponsorship, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, re- ceiving a Master of Arts degree in International Relations in 1968, and a Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy in 1969. In July 1972, he was awarded a PH.D. degree in Political Science from the Fletcher School. He is the author of three published articles in the Naval Institute Proceedings and an unpublished History, all concerning the Naval War in Vietnam. Commander Schreadley, his wife Doris, and their son Rhys, make their home in Charleston. Commanding Officer Richard L. Schreadley

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United States Ship Blakely DE-1072 Named in honor of Captain Johnston Blakely, a hero of the War of 1812, and his great-grandnephew, Vice-Admiral Charles A. Blakely, BLAKELY is one of a new class of ocean escort destroyers especially designed to locate and destroy submarines. Two Navy ships were previously named in honor of Captain Johnston Blakely: Torpedo Boat 27 and Destroyer 150. USS BLAKELY was launched on 23 August 1969, at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, and was commissioned on 18 July 1970 at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. In 1971 the first Basic Point Defense Missile System installed on a destroyer was completed on BLAKELY, and in 1972 the ship received the Interim Surface to Surface Missile Capability CISSMCJ. BLAKELY has cruised twice to the Caribbean Sea, once to Northern Europe, and most recently to the Western Pacific. In September 1972, the ship represented the United States at the formal ceremony marking the turnover of the Swan Islands to the Republic of Honduras, and hosted the President of that Republic and senior members of his government on board. BLAKELY headed for the Western Pacific 1 December 1972. The ship transited the Panama Canal and proceeded to the ports of Manzanillo, Mexico, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Guam, and Subic Bay in the Philippines. From Subic Bay, BLAKELY sailed to the Tonkin Gulf where the ship occupied the northernmost station. Prior to BLAKELY's return home, the ship visited Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Yokosuka, Japan, San Diego, California, and Panama City, Panama. .avi s