USS Edward C. Daly
Service
- as USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17)3 April 1943 — 20 December 1945883 days of the war
- 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
- HMS Bazely
- HMS Goodson
- HMS Inglis
- HMS Lawford (K514)
- USS Andres
- USS Austin (DE-15)
- USS Bebas
- USS Brackett
- USS Brennan
- USS Burden R. Hastings
- USS Cabana
- USS Canfield
- USS Carlson
- USS Charles R. Greer
- USS Cloues
- USS Connolly
- USS Crouter
- USS Crowley
- USS Decker
- USS Deede
- USS Dempsey (DE-26)
- USS Dionne
- USS Dobler
- USS Doherty
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