USS Lowry (DD-770), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Reigart Bolivar Lowry, who served in the Mexican–American War and was a member of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1855.

The U.S.S. LOWRY (DD-770) is named in honor of Commodore Reigert B. Lowry, U.S... Navy, a naval hero of the War Between The States. She is the first ship of the fleet to bear the name.

DD-770 General Specifications. Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer. Named for: Reigart Bolivar Lowry. Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted . Displacement: 2200 tons. Length: 376 feet 6 inches . Beam: 40 feet . Flank Speed: 34 knots . Range: 6500 Nautical Miles. Final Disposition:Scrapped October 1996

2016年4月28日 · Lowry (DD‑770) was laid down 1 August 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; launched 6 February 1944; sponsored by Miss Ann Lowry; and commissioned 23 July 1944, Comdr. L. H. Martin...

USS LOWRY DD-770. The Tin Can Sailor, January 1989. By Edward L. Zajkowski. USS LOWRY was named for Reigert Bolivar Lowry, a Naval Officer who accompanied Matthew Perry to Japan in 1855 and who served on three ships during the Civil War, commanding two of them. He died in 1880 at the age of 54.

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USS Lowry (DD-770) underway at sea in June 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photo #: 80-G-445149.

Lowry cleared San Pedro 26 October 1944 for training at Pearl Harbor and arrived San Pedro Bay 14 December. From 19 to 29 December she escorted convoys between Leyte and the Mindoro Island beachhead, and was also part of a special striking …

uss lowry dd-770 OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC LOWRY departed Norfolk on 9 April 1968 with a full wartime complement of officers and men and proceeded via the Panama Canal to the Western Pacific for combat operations in the Tonkin Gulf and South China Sea.

USS LOWRY was an ALLEN M. SUMNER - class destroyer and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned on October 29, 1973, and stricken from the Navy list two days later, the LOWRY was transferred to Brazil the same day and was recommissioned as ESPIRITO SANTO. She was scrapped in 1996.