USS ''Barney'' (DD–149) was a in the
United States Navy during
World War II, later redesignated AG-113. She was the second ship named for
Commodore Joshua Barney
Joshua Barney (6 July 1759 – 1 December 1818) was an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and as a captain in the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later achieved the rank o ...
.
''Barney'' was
launched on 5 September 1918 by
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company,
Philadelphia,
sponsored by Miss Nannie Dornin Barney, great-granddaughter of Commodore Barney. The ship was
commissioned on 14 March 1919,
Lieutenant Commander James L. Kauffman
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in command.
Service history
''Barney'' reported to Division 19,
Atlantic Fleet, and engaged in
fleet exercises and maneuvers along the
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until 30 June 1922, when she went out of commission at Philadelphia. Recommissioned on 1 May 1930, ''Barney'' operated with Destroyer Squadron,
Scouting Force, on the east coast and in the
Caribbean Sea until transiting the
Panama Canal in February 1932 to participate in
fleet problems off
San Francisco. Remaining on the
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, she operated for a time in reduced commission with Rotating Destroyer Squadron 20 Scouting Force. In 1935 she cruised with Destroyer Division 3 to
Alaska thence to
Honolulu, and later to the
Puget Sound area for fleet problems.
Returning to the east coast, she conducted cruises with the 10th Training Squadron until November 1936, when she was placed out of commission. Recommissioned on 4 October 1939, she served on patrol duty with the 66th Division,
Atlantic Squadron, and during the following year with the Inshore Patrol, 18th Naval District Defense Force.
Between December 1941 and November 1943, ''Barney'' was assigned to the Caribbean area, escorting
convoys between
Trinidad British West Indies; and
Guantánamo Bay
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, Cuba. On 18 September 1942, she had a collision with the destroyer , resulting in severe damage and the loss of two of her crew by drowning. Both ships returned to
Willemstad,
Curaçao
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,
Netherlands West Indies, where temporary repairs were made and then ''Barney'' departed for
Charleston Navy Yard
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H ...
. Permanent repairs completed in December 1942, she returned to the Caribbean.
During 14 January–May 1944, ''Barney'' completed two convoy escort crossings to
North Africa. From May 1944 until February 1945, she escorted convoys in the Caribbean. In March 1945, she was assigned to TE 25 and engaged in training exercises with
submarine
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s in
Long Island
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and
Block Island
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Sounds. On 30 June 1945, her classification was changed to AG-113. ''Barney'' was
decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and sold for
scrap
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on 13 October 1946.
Awards
''Barney'' received one
battle star for her escort of Convoy UOS 37 (11 April 1944 – 12 April 1944).
Resources
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External links
NavSource Photos
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Wickes-class destroyers
World War II destroyers of the United States
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Ships built by William Cramp & Sons
1918 ships