USS Ely (DE-309)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ely.

300px The incomplete USS Ely (center) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, on 3 July 1944. She is flanked by the incomplete destroyer escorts Delbert W. Halsey (DE-310) (left) and Creamer (DE-308).
History
Name:	USS Ely
Namesake:	Lieutenant Arthur V. Ely (1912-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Builder:	Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California
Laid down:	2 August 1943
Launched:	10 April 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Ann G. Ely
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

The first USS Ely (DE-309) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.

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Mrs. Ann G. Ely christens USS Ely on 10 April 1944

Ely was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, on 2 August 1943 and launched on 10 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ann G. Ely, widow of Lieutenant Arthur V. Ely, the ship's namesake.

Construction of Ely 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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Photo gallery of USS Ely (DE 309) at NavSource Naval History