USS Corry (DD-817) in March 1946
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Corry |
Namesake | William M. Corry, Jr. |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 5 April 1945 |
Launched | 28 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1946 |
Reclassified | DDR-817, 9 April 1953 |
Reclassified | DD-817, 1 January 1964 |
Decommissioned | 27 February 1981 |
Stricken | 27 February 1981 |
Fate | Transferred to Greece, 8 July 1981 |
Greece | |
Name | Kriezis |
Namesake | Antonios Kriezis |
Acquired | 8 July 1981 |
Stricken | 1994 |
Identification | D217 |
Fate | Scrapped, 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
Armament |
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USS Corry (DD/DDR-817) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Lieutenant Commander William M. Corry, Jr. (1889–1920), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Corry was launched on 28 July 1945 by Consolidated Steel Corp. of Texas, Orange, Texas; sponsored by Miss Corry; commissioned on 27 February 1946 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.