USS Barry (DD-248)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | John Barry |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 26 July 1919 |
| Launched: | 28 Oct 1920 |
| Commissioned: |
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| Decommissioned: | 21 June 1945 |
| Reclassified: | APD-29, 15 January 1944 |
| Struck: | 21 June 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk by kamikazes, 21 June 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 10 inches (3 m) |
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| Speed: | 33.3 knots (62 km/h) |
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| Boats & landing craft carried: |
4 LCP landing craft |
| Complement: | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 x 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 x 40 mm guns, 5 x 20 mm guns, 1 depth charge rack, 4 depth charge projectors |
Barry (DD-248/APD-29) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Commodore John Barry.
Barry was launched 28 October 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Shelton E. Martin, great-grandniece of Commodore Barry, and commissioned with 50 percent complement 28 December 1920, Lieutenant, junior grade A. H. Bamberger, USNR, in command.
Barry was held in reserve commission until 15 November 1921, when she was placed in full commission and reported to the Atlantic Fleet. In October 1922, she departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, for the Mediterranean where she served with the U. S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters until July 1923. Returning to the East Coast 10 August 1923, she joined Destroyer Squadron 14, Scouting Fleet. Later in August and September, Barry operated as a plane guard in the Atlantic for the U.S. Army's "Around the World Flight" and was stationed between Labrador and Nova Scotia, Canada. When one of the three Army planes ditched owing to engine trouble, Barry transported the pilots to Pictou, Nova Scotia, where they boarded a replacement plane to continue their flight home to Seattle via Boston and across the United States.
Early in 1925, Barry transited the Panama Canal and joined the Battle Fleet for maneuvers in the Pacific. She returned to the East Coast in July 1925, and took up routine duties with the Scouting Fleet until February 1932, when she returned to the Pacific for fleet maneuvers. Upon completion of maneuvers, she returned to the Atlantic and was assigned to Rotating Reserve Destroyer Squadron 19 at Norfolk, 20 December 1932.
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