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USS ''Blakely'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
: * , a
torpedo boat A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of ...
commissioned in 1904 was named for Capt. Johnston Blakeley. The name was canceled in 1918 so that it could instead be assigned to ''Blakeley'' (DD-150). * , a ''Wickes''-class
destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
was named for Capt. Johnston Blakeley. * (originally DE-1072), a ''Knox''-class frigate was named for Captain Johnston Blakeley and Charles Adams Blakely.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakely United States Navy ship names