The USS Corry (DD-334) was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy and launched on March 28, 1921, by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco. Commissioned on May 25, 1921, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. The Clemson class, known as "four-stackers" due to their four prominent smoke stacks, represented a post-World War I effort to expand and modernize the U.S. Navy’s destroyer force. Corry measured approximately 314 feet in length, with a beam of about 31 feet, and was powered by Yarrow boilers, which contributed to increased fuel capacity and range compared to earlier classes. Throughout her service, USS Corry engaged in diverse activities, including fleet maneuvers, cruises from Alaska to the Caribbean, and technological testing, notably of sonic depth finders. In October 1922, Corry was fitted with a Hayes Sonic Depth Finder and participated in a significant oceanographic survey along the California coast with USS Hull, mapping uncharted underwater features such as a mountain range now known as the Southern California Continental Borderland. She also surveyed approaches to the Panama Canal and participated in fleet exercises off Panama and San Diego. Corry played a notable role in presidential escort duties, serving as part of the 36th Destroyer Division during a cruise escorting President Warren G. Harding in June 1923 from Alaska to Canadian waters. She also hosted visits from Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur in September 1924 and served as a station ship during a non-stop airplane flight from Hawaii to San Francisco in 1925. Decommissioned on April 24, 1930, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Corry was stripped and sold for salvage in October of that year, in accordance with naval disarmament treaties. Her remains, consisting of most of her hull and a small portion of her superstructure, were later abandoned in the Napa River near Mare Island, where they remain as a breakwater. As the first ship named after Lieutenant Commander William M. Corry, Jr., USS Corry exemplifies the interwar period U.S. Navy's focus on technological innovation, versatility, and strategic patrol capability.

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