USS Blue (DD-744), an Allen M. Sumner-class

Allen M. Sumner class destroyer

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 destroyer

Destroyer

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, was the second United States Navy

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 ship of that name, for Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander

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 John S. Blue

John S. Blue

John Stuart Blue was born in New York City on 29 August 1902, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1925. During 1933 he commanded the Presidential yacht Sequoia and served as Aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

 (1902–1942).

Blue was launched 28 November 1943 by Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem Steel

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, Staten Island, New York; co-sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Blue and Miss Eleanor Stuart Blue, widow and daughter, respectively, of Lieutenant Commander Blue; and commissioned 20 March 1944, Commander

Commander

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 L. Ensey in command.
Victor Blue was born in Richmond County, N.C., 6 December 1865 and graduated from the Academy in 1887.