NEWMAN K PERRY DD 883

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS NEWMAN K. PERRY DD-883
Commissioned July 26 1945
USS NEWMAN K. PERRY DDR-883
Redesignated Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) March 18 1949
USS NEWMAN K. PERRY DD-883
Reverted to Destroyer (DD) December 1 1963
Decommissioned February 27 1981

Struck from Naval Register February 27 1981
KYONG KI DD-923 (South Korean Naval Service)
Sold to South Korea February 27 1981 and renamed
Decommissioned by Korea 1997

Damaged by fire and scrapped 1999

Naval Covers

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Newman K. Perry Covers Page 1 (1946-75)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

1st Post Office Period June 7 1945 to July 24 1946

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-01-05

As DD-883

2nd Post Office Period September 10 1949 to February 27 1981

Locy Type
FDPS 2(n)

1949-09-10

As DDR-883
First Day of Postal Service
Cachet by Dorothy Knapp

Locy Type
2(n)

1951-04-04

As DDR-883

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1971-07-17

As DD-883
Port Visit to Hamburg Germany. R/S ship's cachet

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1973-02-02

As DD-883
R/S ship's cachet

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (DDR)

1964-03-03

As DD-883
Still using Type DDR device

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1951-04-04

As DDR-883
Use of Type 9 from 1st post office period

USPS Machine
Cancel

Newport RI

1975-07-26
to
1975-07-26

As DD-883. 30th Anniversary in Commission.

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Newman Kershaw Perry, born in South Carolina 28 November 1880, was appointed Naval Cadet 9 September 1897 and commissioned Ensign 7 June 1903. Stationed in USS Bennington, he was killed by an explosion of boilers in that ship at San Diego, 21 July 1905.

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