Allied Warships
USS Blakeley (DD 150)
Destroyer of the Wickes class
USS Blakeley seen here after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-156.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 150 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Mar, 1918 |
| Launched | 19 Sep, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 8 May, 1919 |
| End service | 21 Jul, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania on 29 June 1922 Recommissioned on 16 October 1939 At 15.52 hours on 25 May 1942, the USS Blakeley was patrolling off Martinique in the French West Indies, when she was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-156 which carried away 60 feet of her bow. The explosion killed six men and wounded 21, but the ship did not sink and reached Port de France, Martinique for emergency repairs. After additional repaires in Port Castries, Santa Lucia and in San Juan, Puerto Rico the Blakeley steamed to Philadelphia where she was refitted with the bow taken from her stricken sister ship USS Taylor (DD 94) and was thoroughly overhauled. She returned to duty in the Caribbean in September 1942. Decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1945 |
| Noteable events involving Blakeley include: 22 May, 1942 |