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USS ''Daly'' (DD-519), a , was a ship of the
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named for Marine Sergeant Major
Daniel Daly Daniel Joseph Daly (November 11, 1873 – April 27, 1937) was a United States Marine and one of nineteen U.S. servicemen to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. Daly and Major General Smedley Butler are the only Marines who earne ...
, (1873–1937), one of the very few people to be twice awarded the
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.


Construction and commissioning

''Daly'' was launched 24 October 1942 by
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Co.,
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, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. A. Ransweiler, niece of Sergeant Major Daly; and commissioned 10 March 1943.


1943

Between 14 May and 21 June 1943 ''Daly'' screened ''Ranger'' (CV-4) on exercises and patrol off NS Argentia,
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. She sailed from
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a week later screening ''Lexington'' (CV-16) and arrived at
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4 August. The next day she was underway for
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, arriving at
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11 August. She escorted transports to the invasion of
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from 15 to 21 August, then patrolled and had escort duty between Kiska and Attu until 18 November when she sailed for
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, arriving 23 November. ''Daly'' left Pearl Harbor 9 December 1943 and arrived at
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,
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, 18 December. Four days later she sortied to escort
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during the assault on Cape Gloucester,
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on 26 December. She splashed two attacking Japanese bombers, then aided survivors from ''Brownson'' (DD-518), rescuing 168 of her crew despite exploding
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s from the sinking ship which caused temporary loss of power on ''Daly''.


1944

''Daly'' covered the withdrawal of the LSTs to
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, then escorted a
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to
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for the invasion landings of 2 to 4 January 1944. She remained in the New Guinea area covering resupply operations for the troops on Saidor and Cape Gloucester until 4 February when she sailed for
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, Australia. Returning to Milne Bay, 22 February 1944, ''Daly'' sailed with Task Group 74.2 (TG 74.2) for the invasion of the Admiralty Islands, participating in the bombardments of Los Negros Island on 29 February and
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,
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on 7 March, and patrolling in support of the landing forces. She returned to Milne Bay 12 March. She operated from this port on various training exercises and bombarded
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Harbor on 17 March, then sortied 18 April for the Hollandia operation. She provided fire support for the invading troops on 21 and 22 April, then operated out of Seeadler Harbor to bombard the
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and Sawar Airfields on the night of 29–30 April to neutralize the danger of air attack on newly won Allied positions on New Guinea, and to patrol between
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and
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. From 15 May to 5 August 1944 ''Daly'' served in the Western New Guinea operations. She provided fire support and bombardment in the Toem-Wakde- Sarmi area, off
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, Noemfoor, and
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Islands, and acted as radar guard and linking ship between the landing and covering forces off
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. After a brief overhaul at Sydney, Australia, she sortied from
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11 September for the invasion of Morotai, providing patrol and fire support before returning to Manus 29 September. She got underway on 11 October to render fire support to the troops invading Leyte and joined in the surface action with
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ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait phase of the decisive
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on 25 and 26 October. ''Daly'' returned to Manus 3 November and six days later sailed for a West Coast overhaul.


1945

''Daly'' arrived off
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16 February 1945 in the screen of air support carriers. She rescued 11 survivors of ''Bismarck Sea'' (CVE-95), sunk by a suicide plane on 21 February. ''Daly'' cleared the area 7 March for San Pedro Bay,
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, to join forces preparing for the
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. On 27 March she sortied to provide patrol and fire support during the assault and occupation of
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. During a suicide attack on 28 April she took an enemy plane under fire and splashed it a scant 25 yards off the port beam. The plane's bomb exploded, killing three including the ship's Doctor and injuring 16 of ''Dalys crew. Repairs were quickly accomplished at
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and ''Daly'' resumed her hazardous patrol duty. On 25 May she aided ''Bates'' (APD-47), a
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's victim, rescuing one badly burned survivor from the sinking ship. On 10 June she screened the carriers of the 3rd Fleet in their strikes on the
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ese mainland. After replenishing at
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, ''Daly'' returned to Okinawa 16 July 1945. She joined with
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(TF 95) to sweep the
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for enemy shipping. Two more searches off the mouth of the
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River and approaches to
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were made before the end of the war. ''Daly'' arrived at
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14 September for occupation duty, serving in Japanese waters until 17 November when she departed
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for the United States, arriving at San Diego 6 December. She arrived at Charleston, S.C., 23 December, and was placed out of commission in reserve 18 April 1946.


1951 – 1960

Recommissioned 6 July 1951 ''Daly'' joined the Atlantic Fleet, and operated out of her home port, Newport, R.I., for anti
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and convoy escort exercises and on patrol. Between 18 March 1953 and 15 January 1954 she made a round-the-world cruise, sailing west to join TF 77 off
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where she patrolled off
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, the site of UN
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camps, then continuing homeward through the
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and the
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, calling at various ports en route. ''Dalys next extended cruise took her to
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and the Mediterranean between 28 July and 28 November 1955, after which she operated with Hunter-Killer Group 3 in the
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until 10 April 1956. On 4 January 1957 she sailed from Newport for a cruise with the Middle East Force, implementing American foreign policy with visits to
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,
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; Simonstown and
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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,
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; and the
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before returning to
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7 June 1957. Between 3 September and 27 November 1957, ''Daly'' cruised to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, on
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exercises and service with the 6th Fleet. Between 17 March and 11 October 1959, she returned to the Mediterranean, the
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and
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.


Fate

On 2 May 1960, at
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, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve. The ship was stricken from the
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1 December 1974. She was sold 22 April 1976, and broken up for scrap.


Honours

''Daly'' received eight
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s for
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service and one for
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service.


References

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External links

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hazegray.org: USS ''Daly'' USS ''Daly'' website
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