USS J. Douglas Blackwood

History
United States
Name	USS J. Douglas Blackwood
Namesake	J. Douglas Blackwood
Ordered	1942
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	22 February 1943
Launched	29 May 1943
Commissioned	15 December 1943
Decommissioned	20 April 1946
Commissioned	5 February 1951
Decommissioned	1 August 1958
In service	1 August 1958
Out of service	2 October 1961
Recommissioned	2 October 1961
Decommissioned	1 August 1962
In service	1 August 1962
Out of service	30 January 1970
Stricken	30 January 1970
Honors and awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sunk as a target, 20 July 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard 1,740 long tons (1,768 t) full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) full load
Propulsion	2 × boilers General Electric turbo-electric drive 12,000 shp (8.9 MW) 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter, 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 2 × rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers, 198 men
Armament	2 × 5"/38 caliber guns 1 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun 8 × single 20 mm guns 1 × triple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219), was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1961. She was sunk as a target in 1970.