USS Terry (DD-25)
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USS Terry (DD-25) in harbor with her crew standing in formation on deck, prior to World War I.
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| Name: | Terry |
| Namesake: | Commander Edward Terry |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost: | $639,289.34 |
| Laid down: | 8 February 1909 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1909 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Reynold T. Hall |
| Commissioned: | 18 October 1910 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 November 1919 |
| Struck: | 28 June 1934 |
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| Fate: | transferred to the United States Coast Guard |
| Status: | scrapped in 1934 in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments |
 United States
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| Name: | Terry |
| Acquired: | 7 June 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1925 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 October 1930 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:CG-19 |
| Fate: | transfer back to United States Navy, 18 October 1930 |
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| Class and type: | Paulding-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power: | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement: | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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USS Terry (DD-25) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-19. She was the first ship named for Edward Terry, and the first ship commanded by future Fleet Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations Ernest J. King.
Terry was laid down on 8 February 1909 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, launched on 21 August 1909, sponsored by Mrs. George Henry Rock, and commissioned on 18 October 1910, Lieutenant Commander Martin E. Trench in command.
Following trials off the east coast, Terry joined the Atlantic Fleet Torpedo Flotilla in winter operations in Cuban waters. She conducted both torpedo exercises with the flotilla and general maneuvers with the Fleet as a whole. In 1911 Terry made the first airplane rescue at sea, saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. The routine of winter maneuvers in the Caribbean alternated with spring and summer operations along the New England coast continued until November 1913, when she arrived at Charleston, South Carolina for overhaul.
Soon after entering Charleston Navy Yard, Terry was placed in reserve. Though still in reserve after her overhaul was completed, Terry continued to be active. During 1914, she patrolled the coast of Florida, and by February 1915, she was back in Cuban waters for winter maneuvers. That summer, Terry steamed as far north as Newport, Rhode Island to conduct another round of torpedo exercises. Upon completion of the mission, she returned to her base at Charleston.
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