Bailey IV (DD-492)
1942-1968
The fourth U.S. Navy ship named Bailey and the third named for Rear Adm. Theodorus Bailey (1805-1877). See Bailey II for complete biography.
IV
(DD-492: displacement 1,620: length 347'9"; beam 36'1"; draft 17'4"; speed 38 knots; complement 276; armament 4 5-inch, 4 1.1-inch, 5 20 millimeter, 6 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks, 5 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Benson)
The fourth Bailey (DD-492) was laid down on 29 January 1941 at Staten Island, N.Y., by the Bethlehem Steel Corp.; launched on 19 December 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Mary de Peyster Charles, grandaughter of Rear Adm. Bailey; commissioned on 11 May 1942, Lt. Cmdr. Franklin D. Karns, Jr., in command.
On 11 December 1945, Bailey arrived at Boston and commenced pre-inactivation overhaul. She was placed out of commission in reserve, at Chalreston, S. C., on 2 May 1946. Bailey was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1968 and disposed of during an exercise in which she was a target ship on 4 November 1969.
Updates pending for 1942 through 1946.
Robert J. Cressman
Partial Update 25 January 2024