Name USS Ely Sponsored by Mrs. Ann G. Ely Commissioned Never Launched 10 April 1944 | Laid down 2 August 1943 Completed Never Construction started 2 August 1943 Builder Vallejo | |
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Namesake Lieutenant Arthur V. Ely (1912-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient | ||
The first USS Ely (DE-309) was a United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed.
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.
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