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USS Robert L. Barnes (AG-27)
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 USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14) (1921 - 1938)
 USS Robert L. Barnes (AK-11) (1920 - 1921)
 USS Robert L. Barnes (ID#3088) (1918 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Guam, 8 December 1941) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Robert L. Barnes Class Tanker:
  • Laid down in 1917 at McDougall Duluth Ship Building Co., Duluth, MN. for the Robert Barnes Steam Ship Co
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB), 29 June 1918, transferred to the Navy the same day
  • Commissioned USS Robert L. Barnes (ID-3088), 19 October 1918
  • Designated (AO-14), 17 July 1920
  • Designation changed to Miscellaneous Auxiliary (Oil Depot Ship) (AG-27), July 1938
  • Captured by Japanese forces, 10 December 1941, at Guam Marianas Islands
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942
  • Recovered from Japan at war's end
  • Sold to a British mercantile interest, renamed Fortune and M.T.S. No. 2 from 1945 to 1949
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1950
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 long tons (lt) 3,850 long tons (fl)
    Length 258' 6"
    Beam 43' 2"
    Draft 15' (max)
    Speed 8,5 kts.
    Complement 1 Officer, 3 Chief Petty Officers, 50 Enlisted
    Armament none
    Cargo Capacity 1,900 t.
    Propulsion two single ended boilers, one vertical reciprocating steam engine, single propeller
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    Commercial Service
    Robert L. Barnes 28k SS Robert L. Barnes underway circa 1917, before acquisition by the Navy. Alexander McDougall built her as the prototype "rectangular ship" or "sea-going canal boat," with a plain, low hull and a superstructure that could be removed to pass under canal bridges.
    US Navy photo # NH 65155 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14)
    Robert L. Barnes 51k USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14) at Guam in the 1920s or 1930s. Note the extensive use of awnings.
    US Navy photo # NH 99600 from the collection of Roscoe C. Stevens at the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Robert L. Barnes 104k USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14) at Guam in the 1920s or 1930s. Note the ship's barge, with sailing gear rigged, in foreground.
    US Navy photo # NH 71566 from the collection of Roscoe C. Stevens at the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Robert L. Barnes 66k USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14) at Guam in the 1920s or 1930s with the usual awnings rigged over her deck.
    US Navy photo # NH 105289, courtesy Mr. & Mrs. Burle Spurlock, 2007, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Robert L. Barnes (AO-14)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Commanding Officers
    02LT. Daniels, George C.29 January 1919 - ?
    03LTjg. Evans, George Blaine6 June 1920 - ?
    04LT. Dorsey, Arthur Bates19 October 1922 - ?
    05LT. Haff, Theodore Germond1932 - ?
    06LT. Goldy, Harry Donald1934 - ?
    07LT. Thieme, Karl August1936 - ?
    08LCDR. Dugan, Paul Fleming1938 - 1939
    09LT. Edgar. Harold Brown1940 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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