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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Hailey |
| Namesake | Joshua Hailey |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 11 April 1942 |
| Launched | 9 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 3 November 1960 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1973 |
| Identification | Hull number: DD-556 |
| Fate | Loaned toBrazil, 20 July 1961 |
 Brazil | |
| Name | Pernambuco |
| Acquired | 20 July 1961 |
| Identification | D-30 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target c. 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 273 |
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USSHailey (DD-556) was aFletcher-classdestroyer of theUnited States Navy.
Joshua Hailey was an Americanprivateer during theWar of 1812. He was placed in command of the privateerTrue Blood Yankee in early 1813.[1] The privateer, built inFrance byRhode Island men, sailed fromBrest, France on 1 March 1813 to prey on commerce in theIrish Sea. On one occasion Hailey seized an island near the British mainland and held it for 6 days while making repairs. In a 37-day cruise he took 270 prisoners and captured valuable cargoes. Sailing from France on his second cruise, Hailey made a rapid circuit ofIreland andScotland, landing several times and holding small coastal towns for ransom. During one night he burned seven vessels in an Irish port. In May he ran intoDublin Harbour to sink aschooner that had eluded him on the previous day. Hailey sailed again 21 September for his third cruise, setting his course for theEnglish Channel. He captured and manned so many prizes that when finally captured theTrue Blood Yankee had only 32 men left of its original crew of 200. During its three cruises the ship had captured six ships and 21 smaller vessels.
HMS Albacore in December 1814 chasedTrue-Blooded Yankee into St Salvador, whereAlbacore kept it closely blockaded untilTrue-Blooded Yankee was sold to defray the expenses of its stay. LaterTrue-Blooded Yankee was reported to be fitting out there under the Patriot flag, to cruise against the Spanish Royalists.
Hailey waslaunched 9 March 1943 bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.,Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs.Claude S. Gillette, wife of Rear Admiral Gillette; andcommissioned 30 September 1943.
After shakedown out ofSan Diego,Hailey departed Seattle 13 December 1943 to join thePacific Fleet atPearl Harbor. She sortied from Pearl Harbor 19 January 1944 screening a unit of AdmiralRichmond Kelly Turner's Southern Attack Force for theassault and occupation of the Marshall Islands. Arriving off the southern tip ofKwajalein Atoll,Hailey joined the Southern Transport Screen and later stood offshore and pounded the enemy with her 5 inch guns. She sailed from Kwajalein 15 February with the Eniwetok Expeditionary Group and arrived offEniwetok next day to screen the heavy ships; then joined AdmiralJesse Oldendorf's Northern Support Group in battering strong enemy emplacements before retiring toMajuro Atoll screening Manila Hay.
After patrolling theMussau-Emirau area,Hailey spent most of April and May on antisubmarine patrol, intercepting barge traffic and providing daily fire support for Army operations in theNew Guinea area. Destroyer Division 94, consisting ofHaggard,Franks,Hailey, andJohnston was moving northwesterly up from the Solomons on 16 May. About 2½ hours before midnight they were steaming in scouting line some 125 miles (201 km) east by north ofGreen Island.Haggard made asonar contact on her starboard bow at a range of 2,800 yards (2,600 m). It was the 1,600-tonJapanese submarine I-176. Five separate attacks were made and between the last two a heavy underwater ripple explosion was heard. The destroyers continued their search until the following evening without regaining contact—but they recovered souvenirs ofJapanese origin from adiesel oil slick that extended over 7 miles (11 km) of ocean.
During the first part of JuneHailey took up screening and patrol duties east ofSaipan in support of theMarianas operations. She sortied from Eniwetok 1 July with Admiral Weyler's Battleship Division 3 for the pre-invasion bombardment and softening up ofGuam, then joined Admiral Conolly's Southern Attack Force for thecapture of Guam (21 July–10 August 1944) retiring to Eniwetok 9 August. The remainder of August and SeptemberHailey screened a group ofescort carriers furnishing air support for the seizure andoccupation of Peleliu, Ngesebu, andAnguar Islands in thePalaus.
Hailey next sortied fromSeeadler Harbor,Manus Island, 12 October with AdmiralFelix Stump's "Taffy 2" (Task Unit 77.4.2) the center formation of the three escort carrier groups off the entrance toLeyte Gulf. While Admiral Oldendorf was crushing AdmiralNishumura's Southern Force inSurigao Strait 24–25 October, AdmiralTakeo Kurita's Center Force arrived offSamar undetected in the early hours of 25 October with the aim of destroying the7th Fleet's heavy concentration of amphibious ships supporting theinvasion of Leyte. In the face of overwhelming odds against a much superior force AdmiralThomas L. Sprague's three "Taffies" gallantly drove off Kurita's forces and defeated his mission—thus stopping the most powerful surface fleet Japan had sent to sea since theBattle of Midway.
The experienced destroyer next joined theFast Carrier Task Force (then TF 38 of AdmiralWilliam F. Halsey's3rd Fleet), as a unit of Rear AdmiralGerald F. Bogan's Task Group 38.4 (TG 38.4) launching strikes onFormosa, before joining Captain Acuff's fueling group for the 3d Fleet. In February 1945Hailey joined AdmiralMarc A. Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force 58 and until the last of June participated in bombardments and strikes, inflicting much damage to the enemy onOkinawa and the Japanese home islands where "the fleet had come to stay."
Returning to the States in July,Hailey decommissioned at San Diego 27 January 1946 and joined theReserve Fleet.
Hailey recommissioned at San Diego 27 April 1951. After training in the San Diego area she transited thePanama Canal and joined units of the6th Fleet atNewport for duty.Hailey departed Newport on 6 September 1952 and sailed via thePanama Canal Zone to spend the next four months in Korean waters. Joining Fast Carrier Task Force 77 (TF 77), she took part in blockading operations and provided close fire support for ground troops inKorea. DepartingSasebo 5 February 1953,Hailey returned to the East Coast once more to rejoin the 6th Fleet.
Between 8 September 1954 and 14 September 1959Hailey made four deployments with the 6th Fleet to theMediterranean. When not deployed in the Mediterranean, she served as plane guard for theaircraft carrierMonterey, training aviation cadets atPensacola. In addition, she was continuously engaged in antisubmarine training and destroyer tactics.Hailey decommissioned 3 November 1960 atPortsmouth, Virginia, and joined the Reserve Fleet.Hailey received sixbattle stars forWorld War II service and two stars forKorean War service.
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Hailey was loaned to the government ofBrazil 20 July 1961, and served in theMarinha do Brasil asPernambuco (D-30). She was finally sunk as a target, circa in 1982.
One of the ship's 5-inch gun on display atRio de Janeiro Naval Base.[2]
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
