Allied Warships

USS Corry (i) (DD 463)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

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° 31'N, 1° 11'W

History	USS Corry (Lt.Cdr. George Dewey Hoffman, USN) was sunk by shore batteries off Utah Beach at Normandy, France in position 49º31'N, 01º11'W. 24 of her crew were lost and 55 wounded. In all there are 205 survivors rescued by the USS Butler, Fitch, Hobson and PT 199 which included the Commanding Officer. 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	T/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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Notable 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 German U-boat U-153 about 320 nautical miles north-northeast of Barbuda in position 21°40'N, 59°20'W.

2 Sep 1943
HMS Tantivy (Cdr. M.G. Rimington, DSO, RN) conducted attack exercises at/off Scapa Flow with USS Ranger (Capt. G. Rowe, USN) that was escorted by USS Forrest (T/Cdr. K.P. Letts, USN), USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN) and USS Corry (T/Cdr. L.B. Ensey, USN). (1)

13 Oct 1943
HMS Storm (T/Lt. E.P. Young, DSC, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises with USS Corry (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Ensey, USN), HMS Brissenden (Lt. the Hon. D.D.E. Vivian, RN), HMS Hamlet (T/Lt. J.C. Boyd, RNVR) and HMS Celia (T/Lt. L.B. Merrick, RNR). (2)

15 Oct 1943
HMS Storm (T/Lt. E.P. Young, DSC, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises with HMS Musketeer (Cdr. R.L. Fisher, OBE, RN), HMS Mahratta (Lt.Cdr. E.A.F. Drought, DSC, RN), USS Corry (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Ensey, USN) and HMS Brissenden (Lt. the Hon. D.D.E. Vivian, RN). (2)

17 Mar 1944
German U-boat U-801 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16°42'N, 30°28'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.