USS Maloy, 1950-1962

Maloy (DE-791) was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, 10 May 1943; launched 18 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas J. Maloy, widow of Chief Watertender Maloy; and commissioned 13 December 1943, Lt. Frederic D. Kellogg in command.

Maloy spent her entire World War II service with the Atlantic Fleet. 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 8 May 1945, she escorted the first convoy to reenter St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The destroyer escort then returned to the United States, arriving 18 June 1945.

The following May, Maloy commenced working for Operational Development Force, New London Detachment, and was redesignated EDE-791, 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.

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

[Taken from the entry on the Maloy in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.]