Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Barber

Buckley-class destroyer escort, as built

USS Barber
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Barber (APD-57) underway, circa in 1945. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 20L.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Barber (DE-161)10 October 1943 — 27 November 1968693 days of the war
  2. as ARM Coahuila (B07)17 February 1969 — 16 July 2001
Buckley-class destroyer escort, as built Particulars
Name
USS Barber
Namesake
Malcolm, Randolph, & Leroy Barber
Builder
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Ordered
1942
Laid down
27 April 1943
Launched
30 May 1943
Commissioned
10 October 1943
Decommissioned
22 March 1946
Struck
27 November 1968
Fate
unknown
Status
Unknown

USS Barber was a destroyer escort of the Buckley-class destroyer escort, as built built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Malcolm. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia laid her keel on 27 April 1943. Launched on 30 May 1943, she entered service on 10 October 1943.

98 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

She displaced 1,740 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 213. Her main battery was of 20 mm (0.8 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Barber (DE-161) until 27 November 1968. She was in commission for 693 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 27 November 1968.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.

Fit 2
Displacement, standard
1,740 long tons (1,768 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft)
Beam
11.28 m (37 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
Range
3,700 nmi (6,852 km)
Complement
213
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × boilers
  • General Electric turbo-electric drive
  • 12000 shp
  • 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft diameter, 7 ft pitch
  • 2 × rudders
  • 359 tons fuel oil
Armament
  • 3 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun
  • 8 × single 20 mm guns
  • 1 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

73 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Barber on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons