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AP-45 / USAT Thomas H Barry

A passenger and cargo ship launched, 15 May 1930 as Oriente at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA., for New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Company's, Ward Line; Acquired by the War Department in June 1941 for use as an Army transport; Designated (AP-45) by the US Navy but never taken over by the Navy remaining under Army control throughout World War II.

Specifications: Displacement 11,250 t.; Length 508'; Beam 70' 9"; Draft 27' 3"; Speed 18kts; Troop Capacity, 3,609; Armament two single 5"/38 gun mounts, four single 3"/50 gun mounts, eight .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, two steam turbines, twin shafts.

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	120k	USAT Thomas H Barry formerly SS Oriente, (sister ship of the ill-fated Morro Castle, which was destroyed by fire off Asbury Park, N J, 8 September 1930), seen here off Norfolk, VA. Oriente cruised between Havana and New York.		William J Quince - Fireman aboard Barry - 26 Oct 1949 to 17 Nov 1949.

View the Thomas H Barry (AP-45)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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