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Edward C. Daly

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ClassEvarts class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-17
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Launched1942-10-21
Commissioned1943-04-03
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 20 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Edward C. Daly
USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17) moored at Finger Bay, Adak, on 3 March 1944 (80-G-221595).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Edward C. Daly, hull DE-17, belonged to the Evarts class of destroyer escorts. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 21 October 1942. The Navy commissioned her on 3 April 1943. Her first commanding officer was Commander George Ambrose Parkinson.

Her Pacific duty took her to Funafuti, Attu, and Guam.

Her commissioned service ended on 20 December 1945. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.