Pacific ships
USS Edward C. Daly (DE-17)

USN · DE

Afloat

Evarts-class destroyer escort, DE-17. Mare Island Navy Yard laid her down on 1 April 1942 and launched her on 21 October 1942. Commissioned on 3 April 1943. Commander George Ambrose Parkinson was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Funafuti, Attu, and Guam.

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.
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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.

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

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