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USS Baron (DE-166)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - O - L
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - World War II Victory Medal
Class: Cannon      Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots   Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 30 November 1942
Launched 9 May 1943, Commissioned 5 July 1943
Decommissioned 26 April 1946, Stricken 14 May 1952
Fate: Transferred to Uruguay 3 May 1952, renamed ROU Uruguay (DE-1),
stricken and scrapped in 1990
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Baron 165k 20 October 1944: Forward plan view of USS Baron off Mare Island. (US Navy Photo #DE-166-6339-44) Darryl Baker
Baron 216k 20 October 1944: Amidships looking aft plan view of Baron at Mare Island. (US Navy Photo #DE-166-6342-44)
Baron 189k 21 October 1944: Stern view of Baron off Mare Island. (US Navy Photo #DE-166-6352-44)
Baron 97k 21 October 1944: Broadside view of Baron off Mare Island. She had been in overhaul at the shipyard from 7 September until 27 October 1944. (US Navy Photo #DE-166-6354-44)
Baron 107k 21 October 1944: Bow on view of Baron off Mare Island. (US Navy Photo #DE-166-6357-44)
Baron 88k undated image Wilman Fuentes, via Mark Roberts
at Destroyers Online
Baron 54k ROU Uruguay (DE-1) underway, date / location unknown Robert Hurst
Baron 100k circa 1980: Uruguay underway
View the USS Baron (DE-166), DANFS history entry located on the
US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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