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Hailey

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-556
Launched	1943-03-09
Commissioned	1943-09-30
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Loaned to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Brady, Parke H. Captain from 30 September 1943 Reedy, Joseph E. Captain from 27 April 1951

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 Hailey (DD-556) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 9 March 1943 and commissioned on 30 September 1943.

Parke H. Brady became her captain on the day she entered commission. The Second World War was still underway, and Hailey began her career as a destroyer in that wartime navy. Brady's command covered her opening months at sea in the conflict.

She remained in commission through the rest of the Second World War. The destroyer survived the war and was still afloat when it ended.

She continued in United States service after that war. Joseph E. Reedy took command on 27 April 1951. Two stars marked her service in the Korean War.

On 20 July 1961 the United States loaned her to Brazil. In the Brazilian navy she served as Pernambuco (D-30). Under that name she was present for the Lobster War of 1961.

Around 1982 Brazil sank her as a target. One of her five-inch guns was later placed on view at the naval base in Rio de Janeiro.

The pictures on this page are the originals.