USS Corry (DD-463)

USS Corry rescues survivors of U-801, 17 March 1944.
History
United States
Name	Corry
Namesake	William M. Corry, Jr.
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	4 September 1940
Launched	28 July 1941
Commissioned	18 December 1941
Fate	Sunk 6 June 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Corry (DD-463), a Gleaves-class destroyer, (also known as the Bristol class), was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander William M. Corry, Jr., an officer in the Navy during World War I and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Corry was launched 28 July 1941 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Jean Constance Corry.^[1] The ship was commissioned on 18 December 1941 and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.