JOHN R PERRY DE 1034

Ship Name and Designation History

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Claud Jones CLass Destroyer Escort Keel Laid January 4 1956 - Launched July 29 1958 USS JOHN R. PERRY DE-1034 Commissioned May 5 1959 - Decommissioned February 20 1973 Stricken February 20 1973 KRI SAMADIKUN D-1 (Indonesian Naval Service) Sold to Indonesia February 20 1973, and renamed KRI SAMADIKUN DE-341 (Indonesian Naval Service) Reclassified 1982 In service into 1999

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1967-68)

 

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1967-08-10 to 1967-08-10

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ star - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 stars - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral John R. Perry USN (May 24 1899 - September 25 1955)
Perry enlisted in the Navy for service in World War I, then entered the Naval Academy and was commissioned Ensign June 8 1923. He earned a master's degree in civil engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He then served in the Bureau of Yards and Docks; in Cuba, the Great Lakes region, Florida, and the Philippines. He returned to the Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1938 and in 1941 became Director of Administration and Personnel. In this post he performed with such proficiency that he was awarded the Legion of Merit for remarkable initiative and excellent judgment in recruiting, organizing, training, equipping and distributing to outlying bases, the Navy's construction battalions. In the course of 1 year he made available for service in the field some 70,000 men who formed a vital component part of our military organization in World War II. In 1944 Perry became Officer in Charge of the 2d Naval Construction Brigade with additional duty on the staff of Commander Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The following year, he additionally became Commander, Construction Troops of the 7th Fleet. He was awarded a second Legion of Merit for the development of the Leyte-Samar area into a large naval base and assisting in the planning and construction of an air station, air strips, a fleet hospital, the Navy Receiving Station at Tubabao, a Navy Supply Depot, an ammunition depot and a snip repair base at Manicani. Through his engineering ingenuity, he greatly improved transportation facilities, sanitary installations and water supply lines, lines of communication, housing accommodations, storehouses and dumps, docking facilities and dredging operations. At the close of World War II, Perry became Public Works Officer at the Naval Academy until 1948. He then was designated Assistant Chief for Operations in the Bureau of Yards and Docks. In July 1951 he assumed command of the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. From June to October 1953, he served as Director of the Pacific and Alaskan Division, Bureau of Yards and Docks, with headquarters at San Francisco. He then became Chief of Civil Engineers of the Navy and Chief of- the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, serving until he died of a heart attack September 25 1955. Rear Admiral John R. Perry is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.

 

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