Dates: 1942 - 1944

The destroyer escort DE-4 was laid down on 22 September 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 23 November 1942; and transferred to the Royal Navy under lend lease on 27 March 1943 for service as HMS Blackwood (K. 313).

During World War II, Blackwood earned battle honors for service in the Atlantic in 1943 and 1944. During the latter year, she also served in the English Channel and, in June, participated in the invasion of Normandy. She helped to sink two U boats: U-648 on 23 November 1943, in company with sister ships Bazely (K. 312) (BDE-2) and Drury (K. 316) (BDE-46); and U-600 in company with Bazely on 25 November 1943. Ultimately, however, the hunted finally turned the tables on the hunter, when, on 15 June 1944, U-764 torpedoed Blackwood, and she sank the following day. The warship’s American hull number, BDE-4, was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1944.

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