USS Barton (DD-599)
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| Name: | USS Barton (DD-599) |
| Namesake: | John Kennedy Barton |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 20 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 31 January 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 tons |
| Length: | 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed: | 36 kts |
| Complement: | 276 |
| Armament: | 5 x 5" (127 mm), 10 x 21" (533 mm) tt. |
USS Barton (DD-599) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Admiral John Kennedy Barton.
Barton was launched 31 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Barbara Dean Barton, granddaughter of Admiral Barton; and commissioned 29 May 1942, Lieutenant Commander Douglas Harold Fox in command.
Barton departed the east coast 23 August 1942 and steamed to the Pacific, arriving at Tongatapu, Tonga Islands, 14 September 1942. During October she participated in the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid (5 October) and the Battle of Santa Cruz (26 October) where she claimed shooting down seven Japanese planes. On 29 October she successfully rescued 17 survivors of two downed air transports near Fabre Island.
Arriving off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942 having safely escorted a supply convoy to the island, Barton was ordered to join up with Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan's force of five cruisers and seven other destroyers to repel a force of Japanese warships reported by recon aircraft to be heading down the body of water known as 'The Slot' towards Guadalcanal. Assuming her position in the eleventh spot of the US force just before sundown, the Barton's crew settled into their battle stations to wait out the Japanese, expected to arrive around midnight.
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