USS Daly (DD-519)

USS Daly (DD-519)



USS Daly (DD-519) steaming down the Cooper River in July 1952
Career (US)
Namesake: Daniel Daly
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island
Laid down: 29 April 1942
Launched: 24 October 1942
Commissioned: 10 March 1943
Decommissioned: 2 May 1960
Struck: 1 December 1974
Fate: Sold for scrap, 22 April 1976
General characteristics
Class & type: Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Length: 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam: 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt
Complement: 336
Armament: 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns,
10 × 40 mm AA guns,
7 × 20 mm AA guns,
10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracks

USS Daly (DD-519), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Marine Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, (1873–1937), one of the very few people to be twice awarded the Medal of Honor.

Daly was launched 24 October 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. A. Ransweiler, niece of Sergeant Major Daly; and commissioned 10 March 1943, Commander R. G. Visser in command.

Read more about USS Daly (DD-519):  1943, 1944, 1945, 1951 – 1960, Fate, Honors

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