USS Dealey

History
United States
Name	USS Dealey
Namesake	Commander Samuel David Dealey (1906–1944)
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	15 December 1952
Launched	8 November 1953
Sponsored by	Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey
Commissioned	3 June 1954
Decommissioned	28 July 1972
Stricken	28 July 1972
Fate	Transferred to Uruguay
Uruguay
Name	ROU 18 De Julio
Namesake	18 July, the date of the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution
Acquired	28 July 1972
Stricken	1991
Identification	DE-3
Fate	Scrapped 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,270 long tons (1,290 t)
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers 1 × De Laval geared turbine 20,000 shp (15 MW) 1 shaft
Speed	25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × Squid ASW mortar 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes Mark 46 torpedoes

USS Dealey (DE-1006), the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1954 to 1972 and named for Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), who was awarded the Medal of Honor as commanding officer of the famous World War II submarine USS Harder (SS-257).