USS Blue Jay

USS Blue Jay

USS "Blue Jay" may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships:

*, the former fishing vessel "Charles J. Ashley"; acquired by the Navy as Coastal Minesweeper and renamed, 1940; converted to diving tender as "YTD-6", 1943; reverted to original owner in 1946.

*, the former "LCI(L)-654"; converted to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), 1954; never commissioned under "Blue Jay" name; sold, 1960.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b7/blue-jay-i.htm


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