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USS CORRY (DD-817 / DDR-817)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NAYC

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - MISGIVE

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas April 5 1945.
Launched July 28 1945 and commissioned February 26 1946.
Reclassified DDR-817 April 9 1953, reverted to DD-817 January 1 1964.
Decommissioned and Stricken February 27 1981.
To Greece July 8 1981, renamed Kriezis.
Stricken in 1994.
Fate Removed 8 April 2002 from Suda Bay, Crete to be towed to Turkey where she will be scrapped. .
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Corry 91kPhoto #: 24-P-73. Ensign William Merrill Corry, Jr., USN (1889-1920) photograph by F. Brunel, taken March 1913. Photograph from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Personnel Collections in the U.S. National Archives.Tony Cowart
Corry 19kUndated, location unknown.Howard Longstreth
Corry 41kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Corry 32kTied up at Pensacola, FL - 1948Donald H. Wilson, RM2, - GS-11 Ret.
Corry 73kPensacola, FL - 1948Donald H. Wilson, RM2, - GS-11 Ret.
Corry 50kQuébec City, July 1950.Marc Piché
Corry 96kA series of four photos of the Corry taken by George Panos QM2 as she came alongside the USS Baltimore (CA-68) for refueling during the 1952 Med Cruise.George Panos
Corry 140kAs above.George Panos
Corry 118kAs above.George Panos
Corry 121kAs above.George Panos
Corry 110kUSS Corry (DDR-817) underway alongside the ASW aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVS-36) circa 1953, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Corry 94kEntering New York Harbor in 1955Richard L. Kanary FT2 54-56
Corry 186kUSS Davis (DD-937) and USS Corry (DD-817) in Genoa, Italy December 26 1960.Carlo Martinelli
Corry 81kNew York circa 1970's.Marc Piché
Corry 71kPurchased in the Ship's Store in the late 1970's.Randy J. Geiger EW2 75-79
Corry 52kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Corry 50kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
On Greek Service
Corry 212kHNS "KRIEZIS" D 217, ex-USS Corry, DD 817 in 1982 in the Aegean Sea. Picture caption reads : "To PO K.Tzioras for his service on board HNS Kriezis" and Signed by LtCdr N.Drikos,CO. "Kriezis" is a name of an Admiral from the Greek War of Independence (1821).Anthony J. Vrailas
Corry 34kCORRY DD-817 as KRIEZIS D-217 being assisted by Greek Navy tugs, Souda Bay, Crete, 1984.Marc Piché
Corry 54kCORRY DD-817 as KRIEZIS D-217 riding at anchor, Souda Bay, Crete, 1984.Marc Piché
Corry 49kCORRY DD-817 as KRIEZIS D-217 dockside at Souda Bay, Crete, 1984.Marc Piché
Corry 110kIn Souda Bay, Crete summer 1995. From L to R : USS Corry (DD-817), USS Aulick (DD-569), USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) and USS Ingraham (DD-694) waiting to be scrapped.Anthony J. Vrailas
Corry 96kEx-USS CORRY, DD 817, HNS KRIEZIS, D 217. Undated. Location unknown.Anthony J. Vrailas
Corry 55kEx-USS CORRY, DD 817, HNS KRIEZIS, D 217. Undated. Location unknown.Anthony J. Vrailas
USS CORRY DD-817 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Martin Adam Shellabarger    Feb 27 1946 - Jun 12 1947
CDR David L. Roscoe Jr.    Jun 12 1947 - Nov 15 1948 (Later RADM)
LCDR Charles S. Quinn Jr.    Nov 15 1948 - May 11 1949
LT Owen L. Duffy    May 11 1949 - May 13 1949
CDR David L. Roscoe Jr.    May 13 1949 - Jul 6 1949 (Later RADM)
CDR Robert S. Mendelkorn    Jul 6 1949 - Jun 1 1951
CDR Milton A. Zimmerman    Jun 1 1951 - Jan 8 1954
CDR Frank Dolan Whalen    Jan 8 1954 - Nov 28 1955
CDR John Everett Greenbacker Jr.    Nov 28 1955 - Sep 15 1957
CDR Richard G. Zimmermann    Sep 15 1957 - Oct 7 1958
CDR Charles William Ward    Oct 7 1958 - Dec 27 1960
CDR Harold Wade Hiller    Dec 27 1960 - Jul 8 1962
CDR Archy L. Lupia    Jul 8 1962 - Dec 2 1963
LT Virgil C. Snyder    Dec 2 1963 - May 28 1964
LCDR Jarvis Norman Messer    May 28 1964 - Jul 1 1964
CDR John E. Lowell    Jul 1 1964 - Oct 26 1965
CDR William J. Aikler Jr.    Oct 26 1965 - Jan 6 1968
CDR Cornelius Stribling Snodgrass Jr.    Jan 6 1968 - Oct 7 1969
CDR Paul P. Connolly    Oct 7 1969 - Jun 3 1971
CDR Robert E. Clark    Jun 3 1971 - Oct 4 1972
LCDR Gerald T. McCormick    Oct 4 1972 - Apr 16 1973
CDR Richard George Hollenbach    Apr 16 1973 - Jan 11 1974
CDR Anthony Paul Porcaro    Jan 11 1974 - Oct 11 1975
CDR Guy A. Archambault    Oct 11 1975 - Aug 6 1977
CDR George W. Crowninshield    Aug 6 1977 - Apr 12 1979
CDR Gary Bair    Apr 12 1979 - Feb 27 1981
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Wayne Owens
Address: 5552 Heatherhill Dr., Roanoke,VA 24019
Phone:
E-mail: AMMAA4@aol.com

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Corry website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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