Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Edward C. Daly

Evarts class destroyer escort

USS Edward C. Daly
Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-79880 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 26 February 1945. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 January until 3 March 1945. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 22.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17)3 April 1943 — 20 December 1945883 days of the war
Evarts class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Edward C. Daly
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
1 April 1942
Launched
21 October 1942
Commissioned
3 April 1943
Decommissioned
20 December 1945
Struck
8 January 1946
Fate
Sold for scrap on 18 March 1947 (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
Length
86.26 m (283 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Edward C. Daly was a Evarts class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her keel on 1 April 1942. Launched on 21 October 1942, she entered service on 3 April 1943.

67 ships of the class were built. The class followed the N/A and was succeeded by the Buckley-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,430 long tons. She measured 86.3 m (283 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 883 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 18 March 1947.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
  • 6,000 shp
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in cal Mk 22 dual purpose guns (1×3), 4 × 1.1"/75 caliber gun (1×4), 9 × Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons, 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk 10 (144 rounds), 8 × Mk 6 depth charge projectors, 2 × Mk 9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

42 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Edward C. Daly on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-79880 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons