| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 463 |
| Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 12 Jun 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Sep 1940 |
| Launched | 28 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Dec 1941 |
| Lost | 6 Jun 1944 |
| Loss position | 49.31N, 01.11W (See a map) |
| History | (Lt Cmdr George Dewey Hoffman, USN)Sunk by a mine off Utah Beach at Normandy, France in position 49º31'N, 01º11'W. For more info on this ship see this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for USS Corry (i) (DD 463)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Eugene Carroll Burchett, USN | 18 Dec 1941 | 2 Dec 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Lot Ensey, USN | 2 Dec 1942 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Dewey Hoffman, USN | 7 Dec 1943 | 6 Jun 1944 |
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Noteable events involving Corry (i) include:
4 Jul 1942
USS Corry picks up 4 survivors from the American merchant Ruth that was torpedoed and sunk on 29 June 1942 by the German submarine U-153 about 100 nautical miles north of Cape Maysi, Cuba in position 21º44'N, 74º05'W.
17 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-801 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16º42'N, 30º28'W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer USS Corry and the US destroyer escort USS Bronstein. (see map)