USS Blue DD-744 1969 - 1970

I was a Gearing class the Cone 866. She was a Fram1. 2 /5" 38 mounts/6 tubes 46 torpedo/ ASROC. Saw the Kennedy recently and brought back memories.

Keep your feet dry - FTG3

Can someone please tell me is this sounds accurate:
armament of USS Blue:
6 × 5 in./38 guns,
12 × 40mm AA guns,
11 × 20mm AA guns,
10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracks

Seriously, someone tell me if that sounds right.

Its a shame, but out of the 58 Allen M. Sumner class Destroyers built, 56 of them, including the USS Blue are gone. Although the USS Blue is gone, you can still visit one of its sister ships, the USS Laffey (DD-724) in South Carolina. It is one of only 2 surviving Allen M. Sumner class Destroyers, and the closest way to return to the USS Blue today, for those of you that served on DD-744

I don't mean to be rude, but last I checked, the USS Blue was a Bagley class Destroyer, with the designation DD-387, that served during World War II, and was sunk in 1942, or am I thinking of another USS Blue?

You're thinking of the first Blue. The second was commissioned in 1944.

When I was at school in the late 60s and early 70s I did a line drawing of the USS Blue for one of my classes. It won a prize at school and my father had it framed - can't think what became of it.

All the Gearings were fine looking ships.

Even though most are gone, you can still visit the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) in Battleship Cove, Massachusetts. It one of only 2 surviving Destroyers from the Gearing Class.

OK, stand corrected however I knew it was from Victor Blue even though now I know it was his son John.

I believe the first USS Blue DD-387 was named after Victor Blue. There are other instances where two ships by the same name were named for different men. USS Fletcher is an example. The DD-445 was named for Frank Friday Fletcher and the DD-992 was named for his nephew Frank Jack Fletcher. It can get very confusing.