High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713/DDR-713) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Kenneth D. Bailey. The name Kenneth D. Bailey was originally was assigned to the destroyer escort USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DE-552) on 30 November 1943; that ship was cancelled on 10 June 1944, and the name was reassigned to DD-713 on 8 July 1944.