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IX-161 Barite

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Midnight Class Non-self propelled Storage Barge:
  • Laid down, 24 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (B7-D1) concrete-hulled barge, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1335) at Barrett, Hilp & Belair Shipyard, South San Francisco, CA.
  • Designated IX-161, 7 February 1944
  • Launched, 18 February 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy and placed in service as Barite (IX-161) 31 August 1944
  • Barite was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and served as a floating lubricating oil facility at Ulithi, Saipan and Leyte
  • Placed out of service, 5 August 1946 at Subic Bay, P.I. and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Sold to the Asia Development Corp. in China, delivered, 23 April 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,636 t.(lt) 10,970 t.(fl)
    Length 366' 4"
    Beam 54'
    Draft 26'
    Complement 108
    Armament four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion none
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