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USS PERRY (DD-844)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBBY

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - ROPE YARN

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 Bath Iron Works, Bath ME May 14 1945.
Launched October 25 1945 and commissioned January 17 1946.
Completed FRAM upgrade May 1960.
Decommissioned and Stricken July 1 1973.
Fate Sold June 24 1974 to Union Minerals & Alloy, New York for $210,622 and broken up for scrap.

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Perry 94kPortrait in oils of captain Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S.N (1785-1819) by Edward L. Mooney (1813-1887) after John Wesley Jarvis (1839). Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Lyceum, 1892. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Photo #: KN-2783.Bill Gonyo/Robert Hurst
Perry 131kArtist's conception of the Perry as she appeared following her FRAM I overhaul May 1960 by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Perry 86kUndated, location unknown.Robert J. Hales
Perry 103kUndated, location unknown.Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
Perry 149kUndated, location unknown.Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
Perry 37kLaunching at Bath Iron Works, October 25 1945.Ron Reeves
Perry 95kBow view of USS Perry (DD-844) in Boston Harbor, February 5 1946. (Boston Naval Shipyard photo 829-46, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13942)Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
Perry 82kBroadside view of USS Perry (DD-844) in Boston Harbor, February 5 1946. (Boston Naval Shipyard photo 830-46, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13942)Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
Perry 77kBroadside view from stern of USS Perry (DD-844) in Boston Harbor, February 5 1946. (Boston Naval Shipyard photo 832-46, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13942)Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
Perry 37kCirca 1951, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Perry 39kCirca 1952, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Perry 126kThe USS Compton (DD-705), USS Gainard (DD-706), USS Perry (DD-844) and USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) circa 1958. From the collection of John L. Slade who was XO of the Perry from 1951 to 1953 and Captain of the Gainard from 1957 - 1959.John L. Slade III
Perry 46kUSS Perry (DD-844) circa 1958, location unknown. Photo courtesy Ian S. Pearsall, Esq.Robert Hurst
Perry 154kMarch 23 1960, USS Perry (DD-844) is seen at Pier 6 in this view taken from USS Springfield (CLG-7). Negative was marked “do not print” by shipyard photographer. (Boston Naval Shipyard photo ASF-1247, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13942)Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard
Perry264k Aerial view of Boston Navy Yard, looking Southwest, 1 April 1960. Photo taken by a helicopter from Naval Air Station South Weymouth. Ships and Craft present:
LocationShip (Hull No.)Ship Type
Pier 11USS Wasp (CVS-18)Aircraft Carrier
Dry Dock 5ARD-16Floating Dry Dock
In ARD-16YFND-23Dry Dock Companion Craft
Pier 10Empty 
Pier 9EUSS Macon (CA-132)
YD-196
Heavy Cruiser
Floating Crane
Pier 9WUSS Hugh Purvis (DD-709)Destroyer
Pier 8EUSS Thor (ARC-4)
YPD-24
Cable Layer
Floating Pile Driver
Pier 7EUSS Springfield (CLG-7)Guided Missile Light Cruiser
Pier 7WEmpty 
Pier 6EUSS Perry (DD-844)Destroyer
Pier 6WUSS Mitscher (DL-2)Destroyer Leader
Pier 5EUSS Albany (CG-10)Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser
Pier 5WUSS Yosemite (AD-19)Destroyer Tender
Pier 4EEmpty 
Pier 4WUSS Skywatcher (AGR-3)Radar Picket Ship
U.S. Navy photo, Boston NHP Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10111)
Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129
Perry 120kUSS Perry (DD-844) picture taken from USS Boston (CAG-1) in the Mediterranean, August 1962.Roy Williams
Perry 190kUSS Rigel (AF-58) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Perry (DD-844) and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), circa 1964-1966, location unknown. Photo by Robert J. Hales, RM3, taken from USS Franklin D. RooseveltRichard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
Perry 130kAlongside the USS Independence for refueling, circa 1965-1967.Joe Malmendier
Perry 15kThe USS Perry arriving in Gibraltar summer 1966.Robert J. Hales
Perry 141kUSS Perry (DD-844) underway in the late 1960s. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). Photo taken by Jim Goodwin.Robert Hurst
Perry 128kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
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USS PERRY DD-844 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Clyde James Van Arsdall Jr.    Jan 17 1946 - 1948 (Later RADM)
CDR Ronald Quentin Rankin    1948 - May 1949
CDR John Worthen Higgins Jr.    May 1949 - Nov 1950
CDR Orme Campbell Robbins    Nov 1950 - 1952
CDR Addison Stuart Archie Jr.    1952 - 1954
CDR Marlin David Clausner    1954 - 1955
CDR George Gill Ball    1955 - Aug 4 1957
CDR Bernard William Frese Jr.    Aug 4 1957 - Apr 4 1959 
CDR John Patrick Kane    Apr 4 1959 - Apr 30 1959
CDR Robert Birney Pond    Jul 1961 - 1963
CDR James Cantney Sheppard    1963 - 1965
CDR Robert Ora Clark    1965 - 1967
CDR William Kay Weidman    1967 - 1968
CDR Peter James Watson    1968 - 1969
CDR Curtis Alvin Sorenson    1969 - 1972
CDR John Vincent Hall    1972 - Jun 1973
LCDR Sanford Joe Snuffer    Jun 1973 - Jul 1 1973

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: USS Perry Reunion Assoc
Address: P.O. Box 26613, Tampa FL 33623-6613
Phone: 352-481-4640
E-mail: None


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 Perry website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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