USS Perry (DD-11)

The second USS Perry (DD-11) was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Perry.
USS Perry (DD-11), 27.65 knots on speed trials in San Francisco Bay April 30, 1902.
History
United States
Name: Perry
Namesake: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco
Laid down: 19 April 1899
Launched: 27 October 1900
Sponsored by: Miss Maude O'Connor
Commissioned: 4 September 1902
Decommissioned: 2 July 1919
Stricken: 15 September 1919
Identification:
Fate: Sold, 3 January 1920
Status: Broken up for scrap
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 420 long tons (430 t) (standard)
  • 592 long tons (601 t) (full load)
Length:
  • 245 ft (74.7 m) (pp)
  • 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam: 23 ft 7 in (7.2 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (mean)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed)
Complement:
  • 3 officers
  • 72 enlisted men
Armament:

Construction

Perry was laid down on 19 April 1899, by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; launched on 27 October 1900; sponsored by Miss Maude O'Connor; and commissioned on 4 September 1902, Lieutenant Theodore C. Fenton in command.

Pre-World War I
USS Perry and USS Chicago in Portland during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, June 1905

Perry was assigned to the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla and based at Mare Island until the United States entered World War I. Her operations took her as far north as Alaska and south along the coast of Mexico; and in the fall of 1908, combined fleet maneuvers took her to Hawaii.

Perhaps the highlight of the torpedo boat destroyer's career came during the earthquake which struck San Francisco on 18 April 1906, and the resulting fire which devastated the city. For four days after, they were awakened by severe rolling and pitching of their ship before dawn on 18 April, the crew labored to save the western metropolis by fighting fires; patrolling districts where stores, warehouses, and homes were threatened by looters; and providing medical aid to countless injured men, women, and children.

In 1914, Perry observed the Topolobampo naval campaign in the Gulf of California during the Mexican Revolution, she was present at the Fourth Battle of Topolobampo, the final naval action of the campaign.

World War I

When the United States entered World War I, Perry patrolled off the California Coast until steaming to Panama where, beginning on 28 July 1917, she guarded the entrance to the vital canal. On 30 May 1918, she sailed for Key West for patrol duty in the Florida Keys. After the Armistice, she got under way for the Delaware Bay on 29 January 1919, and remained at the Philadelphia Navy Yard until decommissioning on 2 July. Perry's name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 September, and she was sold for scrapping on 5 January 1920.

Noteworthy commanding officers

Notes
  1. "USS Perry (DD-11)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 14, 2015.

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