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USS Barry
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named ''Barry'' in honor of Commodore John Barry. * , a ''Bainbridge''-class destroyer, commissioned 1902, decommissioned 1919 * , a ''Clemson''-class destroyer, commissioned 1920, sunk in action 1945 * , a ''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyer, commissioned 1956, decommissioned 1982, museum ship 1984 - 2015, scrapped in 2021-2022 * , an ''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned 1992, in service as of 2014 Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barry (naval Officer)
John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an Irish-American officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He has been credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and shares that moniker with John Paul Jones and John Adams) and was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775. He was the first captain placed in command of a U.S. warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag. After the war, he became the first commissioned U.S. naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797. Early life and education Barry was born on March 25, 1745, in Ballysampson, Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland to a Catholic family. When Barry's family was evicted from their home by their English landlord, they moved to Rosslare on the coast, where his uncle worked a fishing skiff. As a young man, Barry determined upon a life as a seaman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
