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USS BARNES   (ACV-20)
(later CVE-20 and CVHE-20)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Yankee - Golf
Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 stars)
2nd Row: World War II Victory Medal / Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) / Philippine Liberation Medal
Bogue Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Stricken
(see below) 19 Jan 1942 22 May 1942 20 Feb 1943 29 Aug 1946 1 Mar 1959
Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
Specifications
(As commissioned, 1943)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 15,700 tons full load (design)
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 23.25'  /  141.7 x 21.2 x 7.1 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5'  /  151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 16.5 knots
Endurance:
Armament: 2 single 5"/51 (later 5"/38) gun mounts; (1943) 8 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; (1943) 27 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 24
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult
Crew: 890
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World War II
ACV-20 Barnes
NS0302004		 98k

Head-on, Orchard Point, Wash. 9 March, 1943. Speed, 10 knots.

Seattle Branch of the National Archives photo.

 Tracy White
CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302005		 164k

U.S. Army P-47D Thunderbolt fighters parked on the carrier's flight deck, for transportation to the Pacific war zone, 15 October 1943. Six Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bombers are parked aft.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97125).

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CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302008		 107k

USS Barnes (CVE-20) underway in 1943, en route to the western Pacific. Note her deck load of USAAF P-38 Lightnings (their wings removed to maximize numbers) and P-47 Thunderbolts (USN photo.)

 Robert Hurst
CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302006		 167k

A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter goes over the side of USS Barnes (CVE-20), 22 October 1943, after the pilot attempted to regain flying speed after receiving the "Cut" signal from the Landing Signal Officer. The pilot, Ensign Olinyock, A-V(N), and a crew member, F1c Olin Victor Bulgrin, were killed in this accident. Several other crew members were injured. Note triangular flight deck crash barrier supports partially extended below the plane.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-202611).

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CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302007		 101k

USS Barnes (CVE-20) with Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft parked on her flight deck, 8 January 1944.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97124).

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"Mothballed"
CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302001		 93k In Reserve, "Mothballs", South Boston Naval Annex, May 1958. © Richard Leonhardt
CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302002		 85k In Reserve, "Mothballs", South Boston Naval Annex, May 1958. © Richard Leonhardt
CVE-20 Barnes
NS0302003		 46k In Reserve, "Mothballs", South Boston Naval Annex, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt
View the USS Barnes (ACV-20 / CVE-20 / CVHE-20)
DANFS History entry located on the Naval Historical Center Web Site.
Crew Contact and Reunion Information
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Contact: Mr. Hal Whitsitt
Address: 3829 Underwood Dr #-4
San Jose, CA, 95117-2962
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