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Bailey

USS Bailey

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 5″ guns

Led the torpedo attack that covered the crippled Salt Lake City at the Komandorski Islands, and was hit by three 8-inch shells.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bailey (DD-492) underway on 12 December 1942, photographed from a plane from the escort carrier USS Chenango (CVE-28). Note the extra high casting on the number 2 stack, unique to this ship. Photo: PhoM2c J.S. Springer, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 x 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns, 1 x 21 inch (533 mm) quin TT
BuilderBethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down29 January 1941
Launched19 December 1941
Commissioned11 May 1942
Displacement1,620 tons
Length347 ft 10 in (106 m)
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Complement276

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 December 1941

27 March 1943

Led the torpedo attack