Blakely (DE 1072) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTOPQY LESSON IS There are ghosts behind Blakely. Destroyers are named after sailors. Not states or counties, but the people who lived and died on the decks an. in the spaces. We sail a ship named Blakely, after a Captain and an Admiral. We are the third ship to do so, after TB-27 and DD-150. The heroes and .S the victories are part of our ' legacy. We carry the exploits o l two men and two ships wherever we go, because we carry a name. We carry the . mystery of a name lost with 1 Captain Blakely when he sailed the Wasp for the Spainish Mai in 1814 and was never heard from again. We carry the dang of a name, a danger very real L the crew of DD-150 when she L was torpedoed near Martinique in 1942. We carry the nameS 0 these ships and these men, the crew and the captains of our Blakely. There are ghosts behin us, and perhaps a history lesson. around us.

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C If M f . xH DE'5 ,WX B I SEP 221978 III? 4,2 I LIB Y HISTGRY LESSON .... . . 2 THE KEY ............ .. 9 THE THINGS WE DO .... ... 35 KEEP GN KEEPIN' GN .... ... 62 BRGW LIGHTS ..... ... 83 WISE MAINVSSON... 113 THE SHIP .... .... 1 17 USS BLAKELY MED 77 VOLUME THREE IANUARY - I AUGUST

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15 is SS BLAKELY KDD-1501, 1918 Af F,-if 1 USS BLAKELY KTB-271, 1901 'w-u- 1 Q45-QQ 1... 1 'Q