USS John R. Perry

History
United States
Name	USS John R. Perry
Namesake	John R. Perry
Builder	Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana
Laid down	1 October 1957
Launched	29 July 1958
Sponsored by	Mrs. John R. Perry
Commissioned	5 May 1959
Stricken	20 February 1973
Identification	Hull number: DE-1034
Fate	Transferred to Indonesia, 1973
Indonesia
Name	KRI Samadikun
Namesake	Captain Samadikun
Acquired	1973
Decommissioned	2003
Identification	Pennant number: 341
Status	Decommissioned; awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,314 long tons (1,335 t) standard; 1,970 long tons (2,000 t) full load;
Length	312 ft (95 m)
Beam	38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Draft	12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels ; 9,240 shp (6,890 kW); 7,000 bhp (5,200 kW); 1 shaft;
Speed	20–22 knots (37–41 km/h; 23–25 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	171 total:; 12 Officers; 159 enlisted men;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SPS-6E-2D air search radar
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2 × 1); 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3); 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; As KRI Samadikun; 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun (at bow); 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3); 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 1 x 37 mm V-11 twin-barrel AA gun (at stern); 1 x 25 mm 2M-3 twin-barrel AA gun (at stern);

Last updated November 16, 2022

USS John R. Perry (DE-1034) was a Claud Jones-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. The ship was launched on 29 July 1958 and was commissioned on 5 May 1959. The vessel was used as a school ship for anti-submarine warfare on the United States East Coast until 1966, when John R. Perry transferred to the Pacific. The destroyer escort was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 February 1973 and transferred to Indonesia. The vessel was renamed KRI Samadikun and initially given the pennant number D-1, before being reclassified DE-341 in 1982. Samadikun was decommissioned in 2003.

Construction and career

John R. Perry was laid down on 1 October 1957 by Avondale Marine Ways in Avondale, Louisiana. The destroyer escort was launched on 29 July 1958, sponsored by Mrs. John R. Perry, widow of Rear Admiral Perry. The vessel was commissioned on 5 May 1959.

John R. Perry made a shakedown cruise to Northern Europe and Scandinavian countries, thence sailed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She then became a school ship for the Fleet Sonar School, basing at Key West, Florida, for anti-submarine warfare operations that took her to principal Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico ports, sailing as far east as the Azores, and up the eastern seaboard to Norfolk, Virginia. She was one of the Atlantic Fleet's warships responding to the President John F. Kennedy's call for a quarantine of Cuba (24 October – 20 November 1962) during the Cuban Missile Crisis. She patrolled off the island to enforce the blockade.

John R. Perry resumed sonar schoolship duties out of Key West which continued through 1965. This principal service was interrupted by overhauls in the Charleston Navy Yard, special anti-submarine warfare tactics in the Caribbean and along the eastern seaboard with Task Force Alpha, and joint operations with units of the Venezuelan Navy (2–8 February 1964). During these years John R. Perry helped train the men of the Navy in the latest ASW techniques.

John R. Perry was transferred to the Pacific Fleet on 1 May 1966. She departed Key West on the 16th, transited the Panama Canal three days later, and arrived Pearl Harbor on 4 June to operate in the Hawaiian area through mid-1967.

Transfer to Indonesia

She was decommissioned in the early 1970s, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 February 1973 and transferred to Indonesia. There she was renamed Samadikun (D-1)', reclassified as DE-341 in 1982. She was decommissioned in 2003.

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References

↑ Moore, John, ed. (1981). Jane's Fighting Ships 1981–82. New York: Jane's Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-03977-3.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register , which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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[1] Moore, John, ed. (1981). Jane's Fighting Ships 1981–82. New York: Jane's Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-03977-3.

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v t e Claud Jones-classdestroyer escorts
United States Navy	Claud Jones John R. Perry Charles Berry McMorris
Indonesian Navy Samadikunclass	Samadikun (ex-John R. Perry) Martadinata (ex-Charles Berry) Monginsidi (ex-Claud Jones) Ngurah Rai (ex-McMorris)
Preceded by: Dealeyclass Followed by: Bronsteinclass
List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy

History

United States
Name	USS John R. Perry
Namesake	John R. Perry
Builder	Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, Louisiana
Laid down	1 October 1957
Launched	29 July 1958
Sponsored by	Mrs. John R. Perry
Commissioned	5 May 1959
Stricken	20 February 1973
Identification	Hull number: DE-1034
Fate	Transferred to Indonesia, 1973
Indonesia
Name	KRI Samadikun
Namesake	Captain Samadikun
Acquired	1973
Decommissioned	2003
Identification	Pennant number: 341
Status	Decommissioned; awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,314 long tons (1,335 t) standard 1,970 long tons (2,000 t) full load
Length	312 ft (95 m)
Beam	38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Draft	12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion	4 × Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels 9,240 shp (6,890 kW); 7,000 bhp (5,200 kW) 1 shaft
Speed	20–22 knots (37–41 km/h; 23–25 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	171 total: 12 Officers 159 enlisted men
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SPS-6E-2D air search radar
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2 × 1) 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar As KRI Samadikun^[1] 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun (at bow) 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk.32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 1 x 37 mm V-11 twin-barrel AA gun (at stern) 1 x 25 mm 2M-3 twin-barrel AA gun (at stern)