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USS Baron (DE 166)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - O - L

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Baron (DE 166) Building and Operational Data:

30 November 1942: Keel laid by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

09 May 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Anne Pl. Baron, widow of Lieutenant Commander Baron

05 July 1943: Commissioned, Lcdr D. McVicker, USNR, in command

26 April 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 9⅔ months of service

14 May 1952: Struck from the NVR

03 May 1952: Transferred to Uruguay under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, renamed ROU Uruguay (DE-1), struck and scrapped in 1990

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0616601	112k	Richard Baron graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1924. Lieutenant Commander Richard Baron earned the Navy Cross for his heroism during the initial attacks on the Philippine Islands in December 1941, but was subsequently Killed in Action on 15 March 1942, during the bombing of Cebu City, in the Philippine Islands. Citation: "The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Richard Swan Baron , United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as District Issuing Officer on the Staff of the Commander in Chief, Sixteenth Naval District, Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, during the bombardment of that station by enemy Japanese forces on 10 December 1941. Lieutenant Commander Baron entered a burning building at considerable risk to his life to recover confidential publications and carry them to safety to prevent their loss or the possibility of their falling into enemy hands. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States". USS *Baron* (DE 166) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, from the Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1924.)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0616602	165k	20 October 1944: Forward plan view of USS *Baron* off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6339-44)	Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0616603	216k	20 October 1944: Amidships looking aft plan view of *Baron* at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6342-44)
0616604	189k	21 October 1944: Stern view of *Baron* off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6352-44)
0616605	97k	21 October 1944: Broadside view of *Baron* off Mare Island. She had been in overhaul at the shipyard from 07 September until 27 October 1944. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6354-44)
0616606	107k	21 October 1944: Bow on view of *Baron* off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6357-44)
0616610	84k	21 October 1944: Forward plan view of USS *Baron* off Mare Island in pattern 3D, Camouflage Measure 31 or 32. (U.S. Navy Photo #DE-166-6356-44 from NARA San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard Ship Files)	Tracy White Seattle, Wash.
0616607	88k	undated image	Wilman Fuentes, via Mark Roberts at Destroyers Online
0616608	54k	ROU *Uruguay* (DE-1) underway, date / location unknown	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0616609	100k	circa 1980: *Uruguay* at sea.	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Baron History
View the USS Baron (DE 166) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Baron's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 05 Jul. 1943 - 26 Oct. 1943	Lcdr. Donald McVickar, USNR (comm.)
2.) 26 Oct. 1943 - 18 Aug. 1944	Lcdr. John Wesley Stewart, USNR
3.) 18 Aug. 1944 - 01 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Wagner M. Dickerson, USNR
4.) 21 Nov. 1945 - 01 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. George W. Egan, USNR
5.) 31 Dec. 1945 - 01 Jan. 1946	Lt. John H. Mulski, USNR
6.) 01 Jan. 1946 - 30 Apr. 1946	Lt.(jg) Morris K. Wilson, Jr., USNR (decomm)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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