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 and 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
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks

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.