USS Barker
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USS Barker (DD-213) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy in World War II, named for Admiral Albert S. Barker.
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USS Barker (DD-213), in 1928 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Albert S. Barker |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $892,808 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Yard number | 479 |
Laid down | 30 April 1919 |
Launched | 11 September 1919 |
Commissioned | 27 December 1919 |
Decommissioned | 18 July 1945 |
Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
Fate | Sold 30 November 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 132 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 102 mm (4.0 in) guns, 1 x 76 mm (3.0 in) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) Torpedoes. |
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Barker was launched 11 September 1919 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Mrs. Albert S. Barker widow of Admiral Barker; and commissioned 27 December 1919.