LIDDLE DE 76
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
- HMS BLIGH K-467 (British Naval Service)
Commissioned October 23 1943
Returned to US Navy on October 17 1945
Sold for scrap June 13 1946
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid as "LIDDLE DE-76" May 10 1943 - Launched as "HMS BLIGH" July 31 1943
Royal Navy Captains Class Frigate
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HMS BLIGH |
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Other Information
HMS BLIGH participated in the following actions: HMS Bligh served exclusively with the 5th Escort Group taking part in operations in the Eastern Atlantic, the English Channel, and off Normandy. On the May 6, 1944, Bligh, together with HMS Bickerton, HMS Aylmer and two Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex, attacked and sank the submarine U-765 at position 52°30′N 28°28′W / 52.5, -28.467 using depth charges, resulting in the loss of 37 hands. On the November 7, 1944, an accidental firing of an anti-aircraft gun while docked at Liverpool caused both death and injury on the troopship RMS Capetown Castle. On the January 27, 1945, Bligh, along with HMS Tyler and HMS Keats attacked and destroyed the submarine U-1172 with depth charges, causing the loss of all 52 hands at position 52°24′N 05°42′W / 52.4, -5.7.
NAMESAKES
BLIGH - Named after Captain William Bligh commander of HMS Director at the Battle of Camperdown during the French Revolutionary War, and perhaps more infamously commander of HMAV Bounty.
LIDDLE - Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class William Porter Liddle, Jr., USN (January 27 1919 - August 19 1942)
William P. Liddle, Jr., enlisted in the Navy July 2 1937. Assigned to Company L, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during the Guadalcanal campaign, Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Liddle was killed August 19 1942. “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity during the action against enemy Japanese forces...,” he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal. The citation continued: “During vigorous attacks by our force on the Japanese-held village of Matanikao, Liddle, with cool courage and utter disregard for his own personal safety continuously exposed himself to hostile machinegun and rifle fire in order to administer to his wounded comrades. He gallantly gave up his life in the service of his country.”
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