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Photo # NH 106434:  USS Newman K. Perry underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 6 May 1969

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USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883, later DDR-883 and DD-883), 1945-1981

USS Newman K. Perry, a 2425-ton Gearing class destroyer, was built at Orange, Texas. Converted for radar picket missions while fitting out, she was placed in commission in late July 1945, a few weeks before Japan's acceptance of Allied terms brought World War II's fighting to an end. After brief service with the Atlantic Fleet, in the final months of 1945 Newman K. Perry steamed through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to begin her first tour of duty in Far Eastern waters. In mid-1946 she operated in support of Operation "Crossroads", the atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands, and in 1947-1948 made a second deployment to the western Pacific.

In formal recognition of her radar picket capabilities, in March 1949 Newman K. Perry was redesignated DDR-883 and, soon afterwards, transferred to the Atlantic Fleet. Later in the year she began the first of a long series of deployments to the Mediterranean and Black Seas. These cruises, which took much of her time during the next twenty-four years, were punctuated by operations in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean. The destroyer also paid occasional visits to northern Europe and west Africa.

In 1953 Newman K. Perry received more advanced radar equipment, an updated combat information center and new anti-aircraft guns. In March 1961 she participated in the recovery effort for the Project "Mercury" space flight, and, in the fall of 1962 she took part in Cuban missile crisis operations. The destroyer was extensively modernized for anti-submarine duties under the FRAM I program during 1964-1965, shortly after a second redesignation again made her DD-883.

During late 1966 and early 1967 Newman K. Perry went to the Far East for a Vietnam War tour. After several months of service with the Seventh Fleet, including naval gunfire support and escort work, she completed a voyage around the World to return to the U.S. East Coast. In 1973 the ship was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force. She made a last Mediterranean cruise in that year, but thereafter her operations were in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. USS Newman K. Perry was decommissioned in late February 1981 and transferred to the Republic of Korea. Renamed Kyong Ki, she served with that nation's navy until 1998, when the fifty-three year old destroyer was placed out of service and scrapped.

USS Newman K. Perry was named in honor of Ensign Newman Kershaw Perry, who lost his life in the 21 July 1905 boiler explosion on USS Bennington.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883, later DDR-883 and DD-883).

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883, later DDR-883 and DD-883) -- Distant, On Board, Close Up and Miscellaneous Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 106428

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Underway, probably soon after she was first commissioned in July 1945.
    Note her tripod mainmast and other features fitting her for use as a radar picket destroyer.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 61KB; 900 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106429

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Seen from directly ahead, while she was at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 26 July 1947.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106430

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Seen from directly astern, while she was at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 26 July 1947.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106431

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD/DDR-883)

    Underway, circa the late 1940s or early 1950s.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 138KB; 900 x 715 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106434

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 6 May 1969.
    Photographed by PH3 Carl L. Hayes.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 85KB; 900 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106435

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 6 May 1969.
    Photographed by PH3 Carl L. Hayes.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 85KB; 900 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106436

    USS Newman K. Perry
    (DD-883)

    Underway, circa the 1970s.
    This photograph was received by the Naval Historical Center in March 1977.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 85KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     



    In addition to the images presented on these pages, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Newman K. Perry (DD/DDR-883). The following list features some of these images:

    The images listed below are NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



    The following photographs were taken while Newman K. Perry was in her original radar picket destroyer configuration, with pole foremast, tripod mainmast immediately in front of the after smokestack, 40mm gun mounts, and World War II era radar antennas:

  • Photo #: 80-G-279069
    USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883) underway at sea on 8 August 1946, while escorting USS Saidor (CVE-117) in the Pacific.
    Starboard bow surface view, with the ship making good speed with a large bow wave and considerable white wake. She is painted in a horizontal "two-tone" scheme, probably Camouflage Measure 22.
  • Photo #: 80-G-279028
    Same information as Photo # 80-G-297069, but starboard stern surface view taken 7 August 1946 while en route to San Diego, California from Bikini, Marshall Islands. The ship is shown in the middle distance, occupying about a third of the image width.
  • Photo #: 80-G-279029
    As Photo # 80-G-279028, but starboard broadside surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1045346
    USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883) in harbor, circa the later 1940s. Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was definitely taken about a decade earlier.
    Starboard bow surface view, with the ship at rest or moving at very low speed.


    The following photographs were taken after Newman K. Perry had been refitted with a tripod foremast with a SPS-6 air search radar, a SPS-8 height-finding radar antenna atop her after deckhouse and 3"/50 twin gun mounts:

  • Photo #: USN 1042039
    USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) underway, 24 May 1959. Photographed by Eisenbarth from on board USS Saratoga (CVA-60).
    Port bow surface view view.

  • Photo #: USN 1069873
    USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) underway off the Virginia Capes, 20 July 1961. Photographed by PH2c T.W. Bunford.
    Port bow surface view view.
    A guided-missile heavy cruiser is in the distance, probably USS Boston (CAG-1).

  • Photo #: USN 1047730
    USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) refueling from USS Truckee (AO-147) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, 27 February 1960. Photographed by Shriver.
    Starboard bow (quite tight on the bow) low aerial view of the underway replenishment formation, with USS Forrestal (CVA-59) refueling from off Truckee's port side, while Newman K. Perry is off the oiler's starboard side.

  • Photo #: USN 1047752
    USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) refueling at sea from USS Aucilla (AO-56), 18 March 1960. Photographed by PH1c Ferrier.
    Port bow (almost directly ahead of Forrestal, with other ships seen more toward port) low aerial view of the underway replenishment formation. USS Forrestal (CVA-59) is refueling from off Aucilla's port side. Newman K. Perry is off the oiler's starboard side.

  • Photo #: USN 1047746
    USS Newman K. Perry (DDR-883) refueling at sea from USS Aucilla (AO-56), 25 March 1960. Photographed by Shriver.
    Starboard bow (rather toward the broadside) low aerial view of the underway replenishment formation, with USS Forrestal (CVA-59) refueling from off Aucilla's port side, while Newman K. Perry is off the oiler's starboard side.
  • Photo #: USN 1047743
    As Photo # USN 1047746, but starboard broadside (slightly toward the stern) aerial view.


    The following photographs were taken after Newman K. Perry had undergone her FRAM I modernization, with new superstructure, second 5"/38 gun mount removed, ASROC launcher amidships and DASH facilities behind the after smokestack:

  • Photo #: USN 1110536
    USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883) at rest in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 2 March 1965. Photographed by Kaplan.
    Starboard broadside surface view.
  • Photo #: USN 1110558
    As Photo # USN 1110536, but starboard bow surface view.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


  • For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883, later DDR-883 and DD-883) -- Distant, On Board, Close Up and Miscellaneous Views.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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