USS Blessman (DE-69)
 USS Blessman (DE-69/APD-48) a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman (1907–1942) who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942. Blessman was laid down on 22 March 1943 at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. Hingham Massachusetts; launched on 19 June 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Helen Malloy Blessman widow of Lieutenant Blessman and commissioned on 19 September 1943 with Commander J. A. Gillis in command.