The Wreck of USS Corry - A Destroyer Left in a River

USS Corry is an interesting case. A destroyer left abandoned after being partially scrapped, resting up a Californian river. For all intents and purposes, she was forgotten by by the Navy. Left to rot and rust away.

Yet, this has made her the most intact four-stacker destroyer above water. That I'm aware of. Although calling her 'intact' is, perhaps, being too generous. Still, Corry's wreck is a fascinating one.

And today's video will take a look at that wreck, as some of a follow up to my previous video on USS Edsall.

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It is so sad that no one kept a Clemson intact for one reason or another. It would be a great exhibit with a newer tin can or with USS Texas. BTW, ships do not have walls. They have bulkheads which is the term used from when ships started having compartments and dividers. They do have doors which are either water tight or non watertight but all provide horizontal access aboard. Hatches allow vertical access in a ship. To describe the return from liberty late at night is to stumble through a door and fall down a hatch.