USS BLAIR DE 147

USS Blair DE 147

USS BLAIR DE 147

Post-WWII photo. Location Unknown.

Photo submitted by Phil Harmon, son of Dale J. Harmon, LT (jg), aboard1951-1954

Named for Chief Machinist's Mate Eugene Blair, b. 26 April 1908, Tremont, VA; KIA 19 February 1942 aboard WILLIAM B. PRESTON (AVD-7) during Japanese attack on Darwin, Australia; posthumous Silver Star

Type: FMR
Builder: COT
Keel laid 01/19/43
Launched 04/06/43
Commissioned 09/13/43
First CO: Lt Alden J. Laborde (1)
Decommissioned 06/28/46
Recommissioned 10/05/51-11/13/56
Redesignated DER
Recommissioned 12/02/57-1972
Stricken 12/01/72
Sold 09/10/74

Unit of CortDiv 3, Atlantic
Served in Pacific 10 August-4 September 1945

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006