USS Delbert W. Halsey
![]() The incomplete USS Delbert W. Halsey at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, on 3 July 1944. Moored outboard of her is the incomplete destroyer escort Ely (DE-309). | |
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Name: | USS Delbert W. Halsey |
Namesake: | Ensign Delbert W. Halsey (1919-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient |
Builder: | Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California |
Laid down: | 2 August 1943 |
Launched: | 11 April 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. Anna Halsey |
Completed: | Never |
Commissioned: | Never |
Fate: | Construction cancelled, 5 September 1944; scrapped incomplete 1945 |
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Type: | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
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Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
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Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range: | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km) |
Complement: | 15 officers and 183 enlisted |
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USS Delbert W. Halsey (DE-310) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.
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Mrs. Anna Halsey christens USS Delbert W. Halsey at Delbert W. Halsey's launching on 11 April 1944 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California.
Delbert W. Halsey was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 2 August 1943 and launched on 11 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Anna Halsey, mother of Ensign Delbert W. Halsey, the ship's namesake.
Construction of Delbert W. Halsey was cancelled on 5 September 1944. She was stored incomplete in dry dock No. 1 from 25 September 1944 to 3 October 1945, cut in two in preparation for scrapping. She was scrapped at Mare Island.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Photo gallery of USS Delbert W. Halsey (DE 310) at NavSource Naval History
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