U.S.S. Blue
DD-387
1937
(Neptun 1364a)
- Class: Bagley - 8 destroyers of 1934
- Displacement: 1,646 tons
- Dimensions: 334(wl) 341(oa) x 36 x 13 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft General Electric geared turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, S.H.P. 49,000 = 38.5 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/38 (4x1) guns, 16-21"(4x4) T.T.
- Complement: 158
- Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 25 Sep 1936
- Launched: 27 May 1937
- Commissioned: 14 Aug 1937
- Notes: Pearl Harbor, Pacific Raids 1942, Guadalcanal-Tulagi. Torpedoed by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze on 22 Aug 1942 off Guadalcanal, then scuttled the next day by her crew and fire from sister Henley (DD-391).
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