USS Daly
USS Daly (DD-519) steaming down the Cooper River in July 1952 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Daniel Daly |
| Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
| Laid down | 29 April 1942 |
| Launched | 24 October 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 6 July 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 2 May 1960 |
| Stricken | 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; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 336 |
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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.