Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer DD-883

USS Newman K. Perry

Gearing-class destroyer

USS Newman K. Perry
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.122.068 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-883 The U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) pictured at sea escorting the carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 1957-1959.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Newman K. Perry26 July 1945 — 27 February 198138 days of the war
  2. as Gyeonggi1981 — 1997
Full service history About 522 words
Gearing-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Newman K. Perry
Pennant / hull number
DD-883
Namesake
Newman Kershaw Perry
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation
Laid down
10 October 1944
Launched
17 March 1945
Commissioned
26 July 1945
Decommissioned
27 February 1981
Struck
27 February 1981
Fate
Scrapped, 1999 (1999)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length
118.87 m (390 ft)
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
5.49 m (18 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Complement
345
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Newman Kershaw Perry, born in South Carolina 28 November 1880, was appointed Naval Cadet 9 September 1897 and commissioned Ensign 7 June 1903. Stationed in Bennington, he was killed by an explosion of boilers in that ship at San Diego, 21 July 1905.

Newman K. Perry (DD-883) was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, 10 October 1944; launched 17 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Laura P. Gunter, sister of Ens. N. K. Perry; and commissioned 26 July 1945, Comdr. Norman E. Smith in command.

Following shakedown, Newman K. Perry served briefly with the Atlantic Fleet. On 7 November 1945, she got underway for Pearl Harbor, whence she sailed to Japan for three month's occupation duty. She returned to Pearl Harbor 28 March 1946 and was assigned to Joint Task Force 1 for operation "Crossroads," the 1946 atomic bomb test series at Bikini. Sailing for the Marshalls 27 May, she witnessed tests "Able" and "Baker" and, in August, steamed for the United States.

Continue to the full service history About 522 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Newman K. Perry (DD-883)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Armament
  • 6 × 5"/38 caliber guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

30 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Newman K. Perry on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Newman K. Perry (DD-883) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.122.068 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons