USS Maloy

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USS Maloy
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameUSS Maloy
NamesakeThomas Joel Maloy
Builder Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down10 May 1943
Launched18 August 1943
Commissioned13 December 1943
Decommissioned28 May 1965
ReclassifiedEDE-791, 14 August 1946
Stricken1 June 1965
Honors and
awards
1 battle star (World War II)
FateSold for scrapping, 11 March 1966
General characteristics
Class and type Buckley-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) standard
  • 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) full load
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion
  • Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement186
Armament

USS Maloy (DE-791/EDE-791), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.

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Namesake

Thomas Joel Maloy was born on 26 September 1906 in Portland, Oregon. He enlisted in the Navy on 30 September 1926. On 13 November 1942, in action off Guadalcanal, Chief Watertender Maloy's ship, USS Atlanta, was torpedoed and went dead in the water. After ordering his crew to abandon number one fireroom, Maloy remained at his station struggling to stem the rapid flooding of the area. Compelled to leave the compartment, he proceeded to the forward engine room to investigate conditions there. He perished in this heroic attempt to save the ship. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Construction and commissioning

Maloy (DE-791) was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, on 10 May 1943; launched on 18 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas J. Maloy, widow of Chief Water Tender Maloy; and commissioned on 13 December 1943.

Service history

World War II, 19431945

Maloy spent her entire World War II service with the Atlantic Fleet. On her first assignment she escorted troop transports to the Panama Canal and screened an escort carrier back to the east coast. Then in early March 1944 she crossed the Atlantic to Northern Ireland, and until June conducted amphibious training along the English coast in preparation for the invasion of France.

On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Maloy supported operations off Omaha Beach in this hard-fought assault where naval gunfire support played a decisive role in victory. She continued to patrol off the Normandy coast and among the Channel Islands for the remainder of the war, raiding enemy shipping whenever possible. With the capitulation of Germany on 8 May 1945, she escorted the first convoy to re-enter Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The destroyer escort then returned to the United States, arriving on 18 June 1945.

Operational Development Force, 19461965

The following May, Maloy commenced working for Operational Development Force, New London Detachment, and was redesignated EDE-791 on 14 August 1946. For the next 18 years, Maloy played a large role in the ever-changing Navy, primarily testing and evaluating experimental equipment in connection with various projects of the Underwater Sound Laboratory. While testing the new equipment, Maloy continued to fulfill regular duties, which included service as a school and training ship for the Fleet Sonar School at Key West, and participated in anti-submarine warfare, convoy, and other fleet exercises.

During this time she also successfully completed emergency assignments. At Portland, Maine, 11 November 1947 to 25 March 1948, Maloy provided electrical power for the city when, because of extreme drought conditions, local power companies could not draw on their normal power source, the lakes and rivers of the area. In May and June 1961, she cruised off the Dominican Republic to provide, if necessary, protection for American citizens during the revolution in that country. And the following year she provided support for the Cuban quarantine during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October–November. For the next two years, Maloy continued her test and evaluation assignments.

Decommissioning and sale

She decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 28 May 1965 and was struck from the Navy List on 1 June 1965. On 11 March 1966, she was sold to the North American Smelting Company of Wilmington, Delaware, for scrap.

Awards

Maloy received one battle star for World War II service.

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