&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Perry_(DD-844)_underway_in_the_late_1960s.jpg) Perry (DD-844) in 1969
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Perry |
| Namesake | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 14 May 1945 |
| Launched | 25 October 1945 |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 24 June 1974 |
| 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 |
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USS Perry (DD-844) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the fourth Navy ship of that name and the fifth named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), victor of the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 and one of the early heroes of the U.S. Navy.
Perry was laid down on 14 May 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched on 25 October 1945; sponsored by Mrs. George Tilton; and commissioned on 17 January 1946.