USS Newman K. Perry
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For ships with similar names, see USS Newman (DE-205).
For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Gyeonggi.
USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883/DDR-883), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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USS Newman K. Perry underway in late 1950s | |
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Name | Newman K. Perry |
Namesake | Newman Kershaw Perry |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 10 October 1944 |
Launched | 17 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 26 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 27 February 1981 |
Reclassified | DDR-883, 1950 |
Stricken | 27 February 1981 |
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Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 1981 |
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Namesake | Gyeonggi |
Acquired | 1981 |
Commissioned | 1981 |
Decommissioned | 1997 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1999 |
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Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 345 |
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