USS Terry, a 2050-ton Fletcher class destroyer built at Bath, Maine, was commissioned in late January 1943. She remained in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas during her first half-year of service, taking part in an inconclusive action with a German submarine on 18 April and making a trip to North Africa in May.
In mid-summer Terry shifted to the south Pacific, where she was constantly engaged in combat operations and escort missions during the campaigns in the northern Solomons and the Bismarcks. On the night of 2-3 October 1943 she engaged enemy destroyers and barges north of Kolombangara. A month later Terry participated in landings on Bougainville and, while off that island in early December, helped repel a strong Japanese air attack. Her support of southern Pacific amphibious operations continued well into 1944, including the Green Islands landings in February and those at Emirau in March. She also bombarded Rabaul in late February.
While serving in the central Pacific theater in June-August 1944, Terry provided gunfire and escort services during landings on Saipan and Guam, as well as helping to protect the Fifth Fleet's aircraft carriers during the mid-June Battle of the Philippine Sea. In the autumn she steamed to the West Coast of the U.S. for an overhaul, returning to the combat area in time to take part the assault on Iwo Jima that began in mid-February. While off Iwo on 1 March, Terry was hit by a Japanese shore battery shell, suffering the loss of eleven of her crew. Her damage was extensive enough to require another trip back to the U.S. for shipyard repairs.
The destroyer came back to the western Pacific a few weeks before Japan's mid-August capitulation ended the fighting. After supporting occupation activities during the first months of peace, in November 1945 Terry crossed the big ocean for the last time. She arrived at San Diego, California, later in that month and was more or less active during 1946. Decommissioned in January 1947, USS Terry was part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet until stricken from the Naval Vessel Register at the beginning of April 1974. She was sold to Peru in July of that year as a source of spare parts for other ex-U.S. Navy destroyers operated by the Peruvian Navy.
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Photo #: NH 102787 USS Terry (DD-513) Underway on course 090 off the U.S. East Coast (position 36 45'N, 75 50'W) at time 1520Q, 4 April 1943. Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14, flying at an altitude of 300 feet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 168KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-253664 USS Terry (DD-513) Departing Roi, en route to take part in the invasion of Saipan, 12 June 1944. An escort carrier is in the left background. Photographed from USS New Mexico (BB-40). Terry is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 14D. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 102788 USS Terry (DD-513) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102789 USS Terry (DD-513) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102790 USS Terry (DD-513) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102791 USS Terry (DD-513) Seen from directly ahead, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102792 USS Terry (DD-513) Seen from directly astern, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 630 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102793 USS Terry (DD-513) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944. USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 99KB; 600 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102807 USS Terry (DD-513) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944. USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 154KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102808 USS Terry (DD-513) Plan view, aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 December 1944. USS Anthony (DD-515) is tied up inboard of Terry. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 151KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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