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DE - 17 USS EDWARD C. DALY

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island NSY on 1 April 1942, Launched on 21 October 1942
Commissioned 3 April 1943, Decommissioned 20 December 1945
Stricken 8 January 1946
Fate: sold for scrapping 8 January 1947

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Edward C. Daly 102k USN Photo, 10/21/1942. Photo of the christening of the Edward G. Daly (DE 17) at Mare Island NSY. Mrs. John H, McQuilkin, center smashes bottle of champagne against bow while Mrs. Stanislaus Z. Natcher, Matron of Honor, far left, Capt W. E. Malloy, Planning Officer, second from the left and Capt A. D. Denny, Captain of the Yard, back to the camera look on. Mrs. McQuilkin is the wife of LT John H. McQuilkin, superintendent of destroyer escort program at the shipyard. Darryl L. Baker
Edward C. Daly 111k port side view. date/location unknown. Contributed by Jim Smith, in honor of his father-in-law, Bruce Gruneisen / USN.

USS EDWARD C. DALY DE- 17 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion To be announced.
Contact Name: Bill Glover
Address: 1929 SW 16th Place / Deerfield Beach FL 33442-8026
Phone: (954) 571-5157
E-mail: none


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