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DE - 17 USS EDWARD C. DALY

CLASS - Evarts
Displacement 1,140 Tons, Dimensions, 289' 5" (oa) x 35' 2" x 11' (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 1-Twin 40mmAA, 9 x 20 mmAA, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21.5 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 156.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 April 1942, Launched on 21 October 1942
Commissioned 3 April 1943, Decommissioned 20 December 1945
Stricken 8 January 1946
Fate Sold fro scrapping 8 January 1947

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Edward C. Daly 102kb Navy Photo, 10/21/1942. Photo of the christening of the Edward G. Daly (DE 17) at Mare Island Navy Yard. 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 111kb 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 Pl. Deerfield Beach. FL 33442-8026
Phone: 954-571-5157
E-mail:None Listed


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