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DD-387 Blue
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Craven | 1935/09/25 Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. | 1937/05/27 | 1937/08/14 | 1942/08/22
sunk | |
| Namesake: RAdm Victor Blue *1865/12/06, + 1928/01/22 Chief BuNav (1913-16,1919), CO Texas, | |||||
| TTD differences from class:42/08: SC radar | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/? | 42/01 | patro: Pearl Harbor approaches | 66 | ||
| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/DesFlot2/DesRon4/DesDiv7/DF | P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/07 | 41/12/08 | 1 | 81 | ||
| 41/12/15 | 41/12/27 | 17/DesRon4/DesDiv7/DF | Wake reinforce | 109 | |
| 42/01/09 | 42/02/05 | Reven | 8.3 | raid | |
| 42/02/14 | 42/03/10 | 16 | strike Wake and Marcus Is. | 85 | |
| 42/03 | 42/06 | convoy escort duty P.H. <>San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 42/06 | Midway Refueling Unit (with Ralph Talbot & AO Guadalupe) | 81 | |||
| 42/07/18 | Wellington | 66 | |||
| 42/08/07 | Watch | 62.2 | land Guadalcanal | 66 67 | |
| 42/08/09 | Watch | 62/RadarWatch | xSavo | ||
| 42/08/13 | 42/08/17 | patro: off Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/08/18 | 42/08/21 | escort (with Henley) AKAs Formalhaut and Athena from Noumea to Guadalcanal | 81 | ||
| 42/08/22 | disable(torpedo - Kawakaze) off Guadalcanal, towed by Henley | 85 | |||
| 42/08/23 | sunk(scuttled by Henley) off Guadalcanal (09-17S, 160-02E) | 85 | |||