The second USS Blakeley (DD–150) was a in the United States Navy, named for Captain Johnston Blakeley. Built in 1918, she saw patrol duty along the East Coast of the United States during the interwar era. Decommissioned for several years, she returned to duty at the outset of World War II. She spent much of the war on convoy patrol duty in the Caribbean Sea. On 25 May 1942, while on patrol, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the German submarine , which blew off her forward . Fitted with temporary measures, she steamed to Philadelphia Naval Yard where she was fitted with the forward section of sister ship . She spent much of the rest of the war on convoy patrol duty before being sold for scrap in 1945. Design and construction Blakeley was one of 111 s built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with 20 of her sisters, were constructed at William Cramp & Sons shipyards in Philadelphia using specifications and detail designs drawn up by Bath Iron Works. She had a standard displacement of an overall length of , a beam of and a draft of . On trials, Blakeley reached a speed of . She was armed with four 4"/50 caliber guns, two 3"/23 caliber guns, and twelve torpedo tubes for torpedoes. She had a regular crew complement of 122 officers and enlisted men. She was driven by two Curtis steam turbines powered by four Yarrow boilers. Specifics on Blakeleys performance are not known, but she was one of the group of Wickes-class destroyers known unofficially as the 'Liberty Type' to differentiate them from the destroyers constructed from detail designs drawn up by Bethlehem Steel, which used Parsons or Westinghouse turbines. The 'Liberty' type destroyers deteriorated badly in service, and in 1929 all 60 of this group were retired by the Navy. Actual performance of these ships was far below intended specifications especially in fuel economy, with most only able to make at instead of the design standard of at . The class also suffered problems with turning and weight. Blakeley was launched on 19 September 1918 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia and sponsored by the wife of Charles Adams Blakeley. The ship was commissioned on 8 May 1919. She was the second ship to be named for Johnston Blakeley, the