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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 - Navy Log
    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