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DE-576 / APD-39 Barr

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 29MAY44) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3-stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (29MAY44, 4-KIA, 12-MIA, 14-WIA)
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 4 November 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 28 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS Barr (DE-576), 16 February 1944, LCDR H. H. Love, USNR, in command.
  • Converted at Boston Navy Yard to a Charles Lawrence High-speed Transport redesignated (APD-39), 23 October 1944
  • Decommissioned, 12 July 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target off Puerto Rico, 23 March 1963
  • Barr received three battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306' (ovl)
    Beam 36' 10"
    Draft 13' 6" (max)
    Speed 24 kt.
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 186
    Troop Accommodations 162
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks
    Propulsion 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers, 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower
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    Barr 33k Barr (APD-39) underway, 31 October 1944, place unknown.
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    DANFS history Entry located at the Haze Gray and Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    NavSource DE Pages, USS Barr (DE-576)
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Last Updated 9 September 2005