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DE-161 / APD-57 Barber

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.; Launched, 20 May 1943; Commissioned USS Barber (DE-161), 10 October; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Redesignated (APD-57), 23 October 1944; Decommissioned, 22 March 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 27 November 1968; Transferred to Mexico, renamed Chihuahua, later renamed Jose Maria Morrlo Y Pavon (E-21); Final Disposition; struck from the Mexican Navy List, 2002.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 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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	58k	Barber (APD-57), date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in World War II web site

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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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