USS Bailey (DD-492) was a Benson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946.

Bailey was launched on 19 December 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Mary de Peyster Charles, granddaughter of Admiral Bailey, commissioned 11 May 1942 and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

On the night of 1 October 1944, she underwent two severe strafing attacks while on picket duty off the Palaus.

On 11 December 1945, she arrived at Boston, Massachusetts for inactivation and went out of commission in reserve at Charleston, South Carolina, 2 May 1946.

Bailey received nine battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for her service in the Pacific.