USS Blue DD-387

Launched:	May 27, 1937
Commissioned:	August 14, 1937
Fate:	Torpedoed by Japanese at Guadalcanal and was scuttled on August 23, 1942 after attempts to tow her failed. She rests with 49 other Allied and Japanese ships at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound.

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~ The "Mystery" Picture ~ Contributed by Chaz Hinkle Chaz and a crew were cleaning out an abandoned office space in Charlotte, NC, when someone found this picture and Chaz "adopted" it. He went on-line to learn about the Blue, and found Destroyers OnLine. thanks Chaz Hinkle for taking the time to contribute the picture to the USS Blue's preservation site.
The Bagley Class as Constructed
Displacement:	1,646 tons
Length:	341 feet, 4 inches
Beam:	35 feet, 6 inches
Draught:	12 feet, 10 inches
Performance:	49,000 shp for 38.5 knots
Bunkerage:	504 tons
Range:	6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
Guns:	four 5 inch; four .5 inch MG
Torpedoes:	sixteen 21 inch

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