USS Newman K. Perry DD 883 Information Page

USS Newman K. Perry
DD 883 (Gearing Class)

Photo Submitted By:
Frank Midkiff

Builder:       Consolidated, Orange
Laid Down:     October 10, 1944
Launched:      March 17, 1945
Commissioned:  July 26, 1945
Fate:          To South Korea, 1981

We are seeking information on the USS Newman K. Perry and her crews. Files and photos may be emailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

The Gearing Class as Constructed

          Displacement:  2,616 tons (3,460 tons full load)
          Length:        390 feet 6 inches
          Beam:          40 feet 10 inches
          Draught:       14 feet 4 inches (mean)
          Machinery:     four Babcock & Wilcox boilers;
                         2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines
          Performance:   60,000 shp for 36.8 knots
          Bunkerage:     740 tons
          Range:         4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
          Guns:          six 5 inch DP; twelve 40 mm;
                         eleven 20 mm
          Torpedoes:     ten 21 inch in two mounts

Former Crewmember Ron Gagne and DOL are seeking information on this ship.

Crash Photo Two

Crash Photo Three

Newsletters

Photo's and Newsletters
Submitted By:
Frank Midkiff

Photo Submitted By:
John C. Young
[email protected]
NK Perry (DD 883)
1964 - 1967

President of the NEWMAN K. PERRY Association is Gerard Bonneau,
R.R. 1 Box 44, Earlville, NY 13332-9611
Gerard doesn't have E-mail.
The Reunion this year is in Philadelphia on Oct 21-24.
If anyone wants to join the association they can e-mail
Mary Ann Page at [email protected]