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69k | John Barry (1745 - 13 September 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. Barry was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland and appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy 7 December 1775. He commanded Lexington and Alliance. He and his crew of the Alliance fought and won the final naval battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. He was seriously wounded 29 May 1781 while in command of Alliance during her capture of HMS Atalanta and Trepassey. Barry was successful in suppressing three mutinies during his career as an officer in the Continental Navy. Appointed senior captain upon the establishment of the U.S. Navy, he commanded the frigate United States in the Quasi-War with France. Barry authored a Signal Book published in 1780 to improve communications at sea among vessels traveling in formation. Barry also suggested the creation of a Department of the Navy with separate cabinet status from the Secretary of War. This was finally realized with the formation of the United States Department of the Navy in 1798. Barry's suggestions about establishing government-operated navy yards were also realized, and in particular he had a hand in the establishment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. His 17-year span of national service and his training of so many of the heroes of the War of 1812 under Barry's tutelage earned him the sobriquet, "Father of the Navy." Barry, having recruited a company of volunteers for land service, took part in the Trenton campaign in December 1776. These volunteers and the marines cooperating with them were commended by General George Washington. Barry acted as an aide to General John Cadwalader, and was sent on several occasions as a bearer of important dispatches. His next duty was assisting in the defense of Philadelphia and operations in the upper Delaware River. When the British took possession of Philadelphia in September 1777, Captain Barry was ordered to take the uncompleted Continental frigate Effingham up the Delaware River to a place of safety. In October, the ship was ordered sunk or burned. She was sunk on 2 November, near Bordentown, New Jersey, to deny her use to the British. Commodore Barry died at Strawberry Hill, in present-day Philadelphia on 13 September 1803, and was buried there in St. Mary's Cemetery. Photo #: NH 76537-KN Commodore John Barry, USN painting by V. Zveg, 1972, after the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
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76k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Radigan | |
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98k | Undated, location unknown. | Joe Radigan | |
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124k | Undated, destroyers moored at San Diego, California, prior to World War II. These ships are (from left to right): USS Barry (DD-248); USS Bainbridge (DD-246); USS Reuben James (DD-245); USS Williamson (DD-244); USS Fox (DD-234); USS Lawrence (DD-250); and USS Hovey (DD-208). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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84k | Photo #: NH 56352, USS Barry (DD-248) enters the water, during her launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 28 October 1920. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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36k | At Gonaives, Haiti. Late 1920. | Curt Clark, Secretary of the Four Stack APD Veterans Association | |
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76k | Photo #: NH 52423, USS Barry (DD-248) Photographed in March 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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108k | Photo #: NH 64560, USS Barry (DD-248) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the late 1920s or early 1930s. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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69k | Photo #: NH 56350, USS Barry (DD-248) photographed circa the 1920s or 1930s. Several merchant vessels are in the distance. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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74k | Photo #: NH 56355, USS Barry (DD-248) at anchor, circa the 1920s or 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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130k | USS Barry (DD-248) In San Diego harbor, California, about 1930. Ships in the right background are USS Kane (DD-235) and USS Fox (DD-234). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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139k | USS Williamson (DD-244) and USS Hovey (DD-208) In the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, during the 1930s. Destroyers next astern appear to be USS Barry (DD-248) and USS Long (DD-209). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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100k | Photo #: NH 73284, USS Barry (DD-248) nested with other destroyers in San Diego harbor, California, circa 1932-1935. Two fuel oil barges are moored alongside Barry. The airship in the distance is either USS Akron (ZRS-4) or USS Macon (ZRS-5). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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74k | USS Barry (DD-248) and USS Borie (DD-215) as photographed from the USS Card (CVE-11) on 2 November 1943 in the Atlantic. The Borie (low in the water, right) sank shortly after being photographed due to severe bow damage sustained after ramming U-405 the night before (Treasure Island Museum-SFCB). Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner. | Robert Hurst | |
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95k | As APD-29, Charleston January 1944. | Marc Piché | |
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