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USS Corry (DD-463) shipwreck

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USS Corry (DD-463) with nets over her side, rescuing U-801's survivors, after the submarine had been sunk by aircraft and surface ships of the USS Block Island (CVE-21) group in position 16°41'N, 29°58'W, 17 March 1944.

USS Corry (DD-463), a Gleaves-class destroyer, (also known as Bristol-class), was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander William M. Corry, Jr., an officer in the Navy during World War I and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Corry was launched 28 July 1941 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Jean Constance Corry;[1] commissioned 18 December 1941, Lieutenant Commander E. C. Burchett in command; and reported to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

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