| rdfs:comment | - USS Maloy (DE-791/EDE-791), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, was the first and only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Joel Maloy, who served aboard the USS Atlanta during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Guadalcanal campaign. Maloy (DE-791) was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, on 10 May 1943; launched on 18 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas J. Maloy, widow of Chief Water Tender Maloy; and commissioned on 13 December 1943, with Lieutenant Frederic D. Kellogg in command.
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| abstract | - USS Maloy (DE-791/EDE-791), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, was the first and only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Joel Maloy, who served aboard the USS Atlanta during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Guadalcanal campaign. Maloy (DE-791) was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, on 10 May 1943; launched on 18 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas J. Maloy, widow of Chief Water Tender Maloy; and commissioned on 13 December 1943, with Lieutenant Frederic D. Kellogg in command.
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