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DD-722 USS BARTON


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NHUW

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - OLD TIMER

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.
Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME May 24 1943.
Launched October 10 1943 and commissioned December 30 1943.
Decommissioned January 22 1947, recommissioned April 11 1949.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken October 1 1968.
Fate Sunk as target off Virginia October 8 1969.
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Barton 31kUndated, location unknown.-
Barton 79kUndated photo that was sold in the Ship's Store in the mid 1960's.Russ Moody
Barton 77kWestern Mediteranean August 1950.Marc Piché
Barton 144kOperating in the Sea of Japan, off Korea, during replenishment operations with USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) and USS Iowa (BB 61). Photo is dated 1 July 1952.Joe Radigan
Barton 49kUSS Barton hit a mine hit on 16 September, 1952. These photos appeared in a recent edition of the USS Bryce Canyon Newsletter.Jim Deters
Barton 102kNorfolk, VA 1955.Marc Piché
Barton 108kBarton going into the Great Lakes Locks in Jul/Aug of 1965James P. Michels
Barton 100kDestroyer Squadron 30 in Montreal July 1965.Marc Piché
Barton 28kUSS BARTON (DD-722), USS HANK (DD-702) and USS PURDY (DD-734) in Cleveland, Ohio August 1965.Mike Smolinski
Barton 71kKey West Florida, December 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Barton 53kKey West Florida, December 1966© Richard Leonhardt
Barton 59kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS BARTON DD-722 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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