USS Charles Berry off the coast of Hawaii in 1971
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Charles Berry |
Namesake | Charles J. Berry |
Builder | Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale |
Laid down | 29 October 1958 |
Launched | 17 March 1959 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. Berry |
Commissioned | 25 November 1959 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1974 |
Stricken | 31 January 1974 |
Homeport |
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Identification |
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Motto | Courage - Tenacity |
Fate | Transferred to Indonesia, 1974 |
Indonesia | |
Name | Martadinata |
Namesake | Eddy Martadinata |
Acquired | 31 January 1974 |
Decommissioned | 8 September 2005 |
Identification | Pennant number: 342 |
Status | Decommissioned; awaiting disposal |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Claud Jones-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 312 ft (95 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 1 in (3.68 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20–22 knots (37–41 km/h) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SPS-6E-2D air search radar |
Armament |
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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.