| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Evarts |
| Pennant | DE 305 |
| Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
| Laid down | 21 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 14 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 May 1944 |
| End service | 2 Nov 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 2 November 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Halloran (DE 305)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | James George Scripps, USNR | 27 May 1944 | 18 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Halloran include:
7 Aug 1944
During 7 to 9 August 1944, USS Becuna (Cdr. H.D. Sturr, USN), USS Hawkbill (Cdr. F.W. Scanland, Jr., USN) and USS Scabbardfish (T/Cdr. F.A. Gunn, USN) conducted convoy exercises off Pearl Harbor.
USS Carlson (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Stapleton, USNR) and USS Burden R. Hastings (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Fay, USNR) went with them as escorts.
On the 8th USS Carlson and USS Burden R. Hastings joined incoming convoy SP-5 coming from San Francisco and en-route to Hololulu / Pearl Harbor. The submarines then commenced tracking, plotting and attack exercises with the convoy and the escorts.
This convoy had departed San Francisco on 31 July 1944 and was made up of the following transports; Joseph K. Toole (American, 7176 GRT, built 1943), Makiki (American, 6457 GRT, built 1917), Malcolm M. Stewart (American, 7176 GRT, built 1942) and Permanente (American, 9606 GRT, built 1902). On departure from San Francisco the convoy was escorted by USS Halloran (Lt.Cdr. J.G. Scripps, USNR).
At sea, in the morning of 2 August the transport Cushman K. Davis (American, 7176 GRT, built 1943) joined coming from Seattle.
On 9 August the Cushman K. Davis, Makiki and Permanente were detached to Honolulu. The remainder of the convoy proceeded to Pearl Harbor.
14 Aug 1944
USS Seahorse (T/Capt. C.W. Wilkins, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Lamberton (Lt. E.R. Hunt, USNR).
Later USS Seahorse and USS Scabbardfish (T/Cdr. F.A. Gunn, USN) conducted exercises with USS Carlson (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Stapleton, USNR) and USS Halloran (Lt.Cdr. J.G. Scripps, USNR).
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