USS Hailey (DD-556) [SEP] vessel class
USS Hailey (DD-556)
USS "Hailey" (DD-556) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Joshua Hailey, commander of the privateer "True Blood Yankee" during the War of 1812.
"Hailey" was launched 9 March 1943 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., sponsored by Mrs. Claude S. Gillette, wife of Rear Admiral Gillette; and commissioned 30 September 1943, Commander Parke H. Brady in command.
History.
After shakedown out of San Diego
"Gustafson" (DE-182)
1381. USS "Guyandot" (AOG-16)
1382. USS "Gwin" (DD-433)
1383. USS "Haas" (DE-424)
1384. USS "Hackleback" (SS-295)
1385. USS "Haddo" (SS-255)
1386. USS "Haddock" (SS-231)
1387. USS "Haggard" (DD-555)
1388. USS "Hailey" (DD-556)
1389. USS "Haines" (APD-84)
1390. USS