USS Hailey (DD-556) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Joshua Hailey, commander of the privateer True Blood Yankee during the War of 1812. Hailey was launched 9 March 1943 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., sponsored by Mrs. Claude S. Gillette, wife of Rear Admiral Gillette; and commissioned 30 September 1943, Commander Parke H. Brady in command.