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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| Career | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full |
| Length: | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) o/a 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) 2 screws |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range: | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 183 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 3 × single 3"/50 Mk.22 dual purpose guns • 1 × quad 1.1"/75 Mk.2 AA gun • 9 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns • 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk.10 (144 rounds) • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
USS Delbert W. Halsey (DE-310) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.
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.