| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Edsall |
| Pennant | DE 147 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 19 Jan 1943 |
| Launched | 6 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned 28 June 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Blair (DE 147)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Alden James Laborde, USNR | 13 Sep 1943 | 21 Jan 1945 |
| 2 | Walter Gadsby, Jr., USNR | 21 Jan 1945 | 2 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Blair include:
2 May 1945
USS R-1 (Lt. W.A. Schoenfeld, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Brough (Lt. M.A. Stein, USNR) and USS Blair (Lt. W. Gadsby, Jr., USNR).
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