USS Bailey

Four ships of United States Navy have been named "Bailey" for Theodorus Bailey:

*The USS|Baily|1861, was a Coast Survey schooner in the early years of the Civil War.

*The USS|Bailey|TB-21, was a torpedo boat commissioned in 1901. She was re-named "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 8" in 1918 and decommissioned in 1919.

*The USS|Bailey|DD-269, was a "Clemson"-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, where she served as HMS "Reading".

*The USS|Bailey|DD-492, was a "Benson"-class destroyer, commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946.

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*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1-list.htm