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DD-877 / DDR-877 USS PERKINS


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NPOV

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - LANDLORD

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. June 19 1944.
Launched December 7 1944 and commissioned April 4 1945.
Decommissioned and Stricken January 15 1973.
To Argentina January 15 1973, renamed Comodoro Py.
Fate Stricken and scrapped in 1984.

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Perkins 52kPhoto #: NH 47485. Captain George H. Perkins, USN photographed circa 1882-1891. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Perkins 55kUndated, location unknown.-
Perkins 121kUndated, location unknown.-
Perkins 147kUndated, location unknown.Charles Whitesitt
Perkins 65kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Perkins 74kPhoto #: NH 99515. USS Perkins (DD-877) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 30 January 1947. Note the tripod mainpast and extra antennas fitted for her role as a radar picket destroyer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Perkins 97kPhoto #: NH 99516. USS Perkins (DD-877) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 30 January 1947. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Perkins 101kPhoto #: NH 99517. USS Perkins (DD-877) at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 30 January 1947. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Perkins 97kNavy Photo 318-47, stern view of the USS Perkins (DD 877) at the South end of Mare Island on 30 January 1947.Darryl Baker
Perkins 85kNavy Photo 320-47, broadside view of the USS Perkins (DD 877) at the South end of Mare Island on 30 January 1947. She was in overhaul at the yard from 30 Oct 1946 to 3 Feb 1947.Darryl Baker
Perkins 98kNavy Photo 322-47, bow on view of the USS Perkins (DD 877) at the South end of Mare Island on 30 January 1947.Darryl Baker
Perkins 159kNavy Photo 6572-7-50, forward plan view of USS Duncan (DDR 874), USS Perkins (DD 877) and just visible USS Henry W. Tucker at Mare Island on 7 July 1950.Darryl Baker
Perkins 171kNavy Photo 6575-7-50, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Duncan (DDR 874) outboard of USS Perkins (DD 877) at Mare Island on 7 July 1950.Darryl Baker
Perkins 74kU.S. Naval Reserve recruiting poster, issued 12 November 1950 by artist Binder. Ship featured in the poster is USS Perkins (DDR-877). Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Perkins 122kPhoto #: NH 99518. USS Perkins (DDR-877) operating off the coast of Korea, 26 August 1951. Photographed by McClure, of USS Sicily (CVE-118). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Perkins 104kUSS Perkins (DDR-877) underway, circa 1953, soon after removal of her mainmast and replacement of her 40mm guns with 3"/50 twin mounts Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Perkins 167kUSS Perkins (DDR-877) refueling at sea from USS Yorktown (CVA-10), August 1953. Photographed by W.L. Pooler. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Perkins 109kUSS Perkins (DDR-877) leading other ships of Destroyer Division Eleven, Pacific Fleet, circa 1954-1955. The next ship astern is USS Orleck (DD-886). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Perkins 122kOff Okinawa circa 1960, USS Perkins (DDR-877), USS Pollux (AKS-4) and USS Oriskany (CVA-34) .Doug Smith
Perkins 148kPhoto #: NH 99522. USS Perkins (DD-877) underway following her FRAM II modernization, circa the mid-1960s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Perkins 101kCirca 1966, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Perkins 75kOahu 1966.Robert Hurst
Perkins 134kSeventh Fleet ships replenishing in the South China Sea, May 1969. Photographed by PH1 Long. Ships present are (from front to back): USS Wiltsie (DD-716), USS Tappahannock (AO-43), USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Mars (AFS-1), and USS Perkins (DD-877). Official U.S. Navy Photograph (# USN 1139357).Fabio Peña
Perkins 49kAt the South SAR area in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1970William P. Jones, M.D.
Perkins 97kPrior to her transfer to Argentina as Comodoro Py.Robert Hurst
Perkins 36kShip's Patch.Mike Smolinski
Perkins 61kShip's Patch.Douglas C. Smith
Perkins 77kShip's Patch.John Walker
Perkins 160kPhoto #: NH 68091-KN. USS Perkins (DD-877) jacket patch of a ship's insignia used during the 1960s. Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
On Argentinian Service
Perkins 146kThe First and Second Destroyer Divisions in 1979 at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano, near Bahia Blanca in the south part of Buenos Aires Province. Since no hull numbers can be seen it is impossible to accurately identify each ship, however, the ships present include the D 22 Rosales (ex DD 644 Stembel), D 29 Piedrabuena (ex DD 730 Collett), D 25 Seguí (ex DD 702 Hank), D 23 Domecq Garcia (ex DD630 Braine), D 24 Storni (ex DD 547 Cowell), D 27 Py (ex DD 877 Perkins) and the D 26 Bouchard (ex DD 704 Borie).Horacio Héctor Virardi
Perkins 160kCirca 1979 at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano, near Bahia Blanca in the south part of Buenos Aires Province. Naval Cadet Fuchs in front of Mount 51.Horacio Héctor Virardi

USS PERKINS DD-877 / DDR-877 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Ron "Woody" Widgren
Address: 531 Corinth, St. Louis, MO 48880
Phone: None
E-mail: Ed Osborn at USSPerkinsDDR877@aol.com


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