USS Charles Berry

USS Charles Berry off the coast of Hawaii in 1971
History
United States
NameCharles Berry
NamesakeCharles J. Berry
BuilderAvondale Marine Ways, Avondale
Laid down29 October 1958
Launched17 March 1959
Sponsored byMrs. C. Berry
Commissioned25 November 1959
Decommissioned31 January 1974
Stricken31 January 1974
Homeport
Identification
MottoCourage - Tenacity
FateTransferred to Indonesia, 1974
Indonesia
NameMartadinata
NamesakeEddy Martadinata
Acquired31 January 1974
Decommissioned8 September 2005
IdentificationPennant number: 342
StatusDecommissioned; awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and typeClaud Jones-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,314 long tons (1,335 t) standard
  • 1,970 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length312 ft (95 m)
Beam38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Draft12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 Diesels
  • 9,240 shp; 7,000 bhp
  • 1 shaft
Speed20–22 knots (37–41 km/h)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement
  • 171 total:
  • 12 Officers
  • 159 enlisted men
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SPS-6E-2D air search radar
Armament

USS Charles Berry (DE-1035) was a Claud Jones-class destroyer escort named for Medal of Honor recipient Charles J. Berry. She was commissioned in 1959. The ship was sold to Indonesia in 1974 and renamed KRI Martadinata in honor of Vice Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata, a former Indonesian naval commander.

  1. ^ "DE-1035 USS CHARLES BERRY". navsource.org. Retrieved 14 August 2021.