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USS John R. Perry (DE 1034)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - J - R - P
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Action Packed"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ star - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Second Row: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 stars - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Specifications:
Class: Claud Jones
Type: SCB No. 131 / 1956-57
Number in Class: 4
Displacement: 1,314 tons (light), 1,916 tons (full)
Length: 301' (wl), 312' (oa)
Beam: 38' (extreme)
Draft: 18' (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 Diesels, 8,852 shp, 1 shaft
Speed: 22 kts
Range: 7,000 nm @ 12 knots
Complement: 12 / 159
Guns: 2 - 3"/50 Mk 33 (2x1)
ASW Weapons: 2 - Mk 11 Hedgehog, 6 - 12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2x3) / Mk 46 torpedos
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-6C (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-4
Fire Control Systems: Mk70 Gun FCS, Mk105 Underwater Battery FCS
John R. Perry (DE 1034) Building and Operational Data:
  • 4 January 1956: Keel laid at the by Avondale Marine Ways, Westwego, La.
  • 29 July 1958: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. John R. Perry, widow of Rear Admiral Perry
  • 5 May 1959: Commissioned, Lcdr W. L. Atkinson in command
  • 20 February 1973: Decommissioned Stricken, sold to Indonesia, renamed KRI Samadikun (D-1), reclassified as DE-341 in 1982, in service as of 1999
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    John R. Perry 122k undated Laing T. Batcher
    John R. Perry 60k February 1960: Key West Naval Annex (Photo © Fred Weiss) Fred Weiss
    View the USS John R. Perry (DE 1034), DANFS history entry
    located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
    John R. Perry's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    05 May 1959 - 1960      Lcdr. Wilton Lee Atkinson
    May 1962 - 1964   Lcdr. Robert Edward Brady
    1964 - 1965   Lcdr. John Duncan Scull
    1965 February - 1967   Lcdr. John Ashby Baldwin Jr. (later Vadm.)
    February 1967 - August 1969   Lcdr. William Carl Dunham
    August 1969 - September 1971   Lcdr. Lee O. Smith
    August 1972 - 20 February 1973   Lcdr. Charles Paul Metzler Jr.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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