| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | DMS 17 |
| Mod | High speed minesweeper |
| Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Sep 1920 |
| Launched | 29 Oct 1921 |
| Commissioned | 7 Aug 1922 |
| Lost | 13 Sep 1944 |
| Loss position | 6° 53'N, 134° 10'E |
| History | Decommissioned on 17 January 1923 USS Perry (Lt. William Neish Lindsay, Jr., USNR) struck a mine and sank off the southeast coast of Angaur, Palau in position 06º53'N, 134º10'E. 8 men died in the loss and 17 were wounded. There were 146 survivors. |
Commands listed for USS Perry (i) (DMS 17)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Richard English Elliott, USN | 17 Apr 1940 | 21 Oct 1941 (1) |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Lermond Horton Miller, USN | 21 Oct 1941 | 13 Apr 1942 (1) |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Bernhardt Alois Fuetsch, USN | 13 Apr 1942 | 30 Oct 1943 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Ira Gerald Stubbart, USN | 30 Oct 1943 | 3 Sep 1944 (1) |
| 5 | Lt William Neish Lindsay, Jr., USNR | 3 Sep 1944 | 13 Sep 1944 (1) |
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