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 |image=USS Blandy (DD-943) underway at sea c1970.jpg
 |image_caption=USS Blandy underway in 1970
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 |country=United States
 |flag={{USN flag|1983}}
 |name=
 |namesake=[[William H. P. Blandy]]
 |ordered=23 October 1954
 |builder=[[Bethlehem Steel]], [[Fore River Shipyard]]
 |laid_down=29 December 1955
 |launched=19 December 1956
 |acquired=20 November 1957
 |commissioned=26 November 1957
 |decommissioned=5 November 1982
 |in_service=
 |out_of_service=
 |struck=27 July 1990
 |reinstated=
 |honours=
 |fate=*Sold for scrap,
       *11 December 1992
 |notes=
 |motto=''Pax per potestatem''
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 |class={{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}}
 |displacement=*2,800&nbsp;tons standard.
               *4,050&nbsp;tons full load.
 |length=*{{convert|407|ft|m|abbr=on}} waterline,
         *{{convert|418|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall.
 |beam={{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}}
 |draught=
 |draft={{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}}
 |propulsion=*4 × {{convert|1200|psi|MPa|abbr=on}} [[Foster-Wheeler]] boilers, [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] steam turbines;
             *70,000&nbsp;shp (52&nbsp;MW);
             *2 × shafts.
 |speed={{convert|32.5|kn|lk=in}}
 |range=*4,500&nbsp;[[nautical mile|nmi.]] at 20&nbsp;knots
        *&nbsp; (8,300&nbsp;km at 37&nbsp;km/h)
 |complement=15 officers, 218 enlisted.
 |sensors=
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 |armament=*3 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5&nbsp;in (127&nbsp;mm) 54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns]];
           *4 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|3&nbsp;in (76&nbsp;mm) 50 calibre]] Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns;
           *2 × mark 10/11 [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]]s;
           *6 × 12.75&nbsp;in (324&nbsp;mm) [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mark 32 torpedo tube]]s.
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'''USS ''Blandy'' (DD-943)''' was a [[Forrest Sherman class destroyer|''Forrest Sherman''-class]] [[destroyer]], named for Admiral [[William H. P. Blandy]] USN (1890–1954),

''Blandy'' was built by the [[Bethlehem Steel Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], and was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 19 December 1956, sponsored by Mrs. John M. (Hope "Toni" Blandy) Lee, daughter of Admiral Blandy; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] 26 November 1957.

==History==

[[File:330-ps-8986-111-sc-536404 15913274836 o.jpg|thumb|left|The caskets of the Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War are borne from the ''Blandy'' (May 28, 1958).]]

In 1958, ''Blandy'' bore the American [[Tomb of the Unknowns#The Unknowns of World War II and Korea|Unknown Soldier]] of [[World War II]]'s [[European Theater of Operations|European Theater]] from [[Naples]] to a rendezvous off the [[Virginia Capes]] with [[USS Boston (CA-69)|''Boston'']] (CAG-1), which bore the Unknowns of the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater]] and the [[Korean War]], and [[USS Canberra (CA-70)|''Canberra'']] (CAG-2). After the selection of the Unknown of World War II was made on board ''Canberra'', the selected casket and the Korean Unknown were transferred to ''Blandy'' for transportation to [[Washington, D.C.]] Arriving at the [[Washington Navy Yard|U.S. Naval Gun Factory]] on 28 May, both caskets [[Lying in state|lay in state]] in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Rotunda]] until 30 May, after which they were interred in the [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].

In 1961, ''Blandy'' won the [[Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award]] for the Atlantic Fleet.

On October 30, 1962, ''Blandy'' tracked [[Soviet submarine B-130]], dropping small charges and following the submarine in an attempt to bring it to the surface. After seventeen hours, the submarine's commander, Captain Nikolai Shumkov, ordered the submarine - at this point running with reduced diesel power and minimal oxygen - to surface.<ref>Lisle A. Rose, ''Power at Sea: A Violent Peace, 1946-2006'', University of Missouri Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0-8262-1703-6}}</ref>

In 1968, Blandy was awarded the [[Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy]] award for all Atlantic Fleet.

On 7 December 1970 BLANDY was transiting the passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, at 2118Z when the nuclear submarine USS JACK SSN 605 took her picture:

==Fate==
The ship was decommissioned on 5 November 1982 and struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 27 July 1990.

She was sold for scrap to the [[Fore River Shipyard and Iron Works]] on 11 December 1992. When the shipyard went bankrupt in 1993, she was resold to N. R. Acquisition Incorporated of [[New York City]] by the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court and scrapped by Wilmington Resources of [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] in [[North Carolina]] in 1996.

<gallery mode=packed>
USS_BLANDY.jpg|On 7 December 1970 BLANDY was transiting the passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, at 2118Z (picture by the nuclear submarine USS JACK SSN 605)
Forrest Sherman and Charles F. Adams-class destroyers awaiting scrapping in Baltimore, Maryland (USA), 25 August 1994 (6490446).jpg|''Blandy'' (foreground) at Baltimore prior to scrapping.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of United States Navy destroyers]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
*{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/blandy-i.html}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=DD-943}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}

*{{navsource|05/943}}
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd943txt.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Blandy''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927090242/http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd943txt.htm |date=2006-09-27 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060424054207/http://ussblandy.org/ USS ''Blandy'' DD 943 Association website]

{{Forrest Sherman class destroyer}}

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