USS Daly DD519
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Navy |
US Navy |
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Type |
Destroyer |
|
Class |
Fletcher |
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Pennant |
DD 519 |
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Built by |
Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
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Laid down |
29 Apr 1942 |
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Launched |
24 Oct 1942 |
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Commissioned |
10 Mar 1943 |
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De-commissioned |
18 April 1946 |
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End of service |
2 May 1960 |
| History | During a suicide attack on 28 April 1945 she took an enemy plane under fire and splashed it at 25 yards off the port beam. The plane’s bomb exploded, killing three and injuring 16 of Daly’s crew |
