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Photo # NH 56349:  USS Barry off Gonaives, Haiti, circa the 1930s

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USS Barry (DD-248, later APD-29), 1920-1945

USS Barry, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in late December 1920. After nearly a year in reserve status, she entered active service with the Atlantic Fleet in November 1921. With the exception of a deployment to the Mediterranean area in 1922-1923 and some months of operations in the Pacific during 1925 and 1932, the destroyer spent her first dozen years in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean, primarily as a unit of the Scouting Fleet. In July 1933, Barry was transferred to San Diego, California, and for the rest of the decade her base alternated beween the two U.S. coasts.

As the international situation became increasingly grave in the Autumn of 1940, Barry was assigned to the defenses of the Panama Canal area, remaining there until after the United States entered World War II in December 1941. She served on convoy escort duties in the Caribbean and South Atlantic into mid-1943, then became part of an anti-submarine task force built around the escort aircraft carrier Card (CVE-11). During its two North Atlantic cruises, between July and November 1943, this group sank eight German U-boats, greatly contributing to Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.

At the end of 1943, Barry began conversion to a high-speed transport and was reclassified APD-29 in January 1944. Following these modifications and amphibious training, she steamed to Algeria in April 1944 to prepare for further operations. Barry participated in the Southern France landings in August 1944 and spent the rest of the year on escort work in the western Mediterranean. She was then ordered to the Pacific to take part in the war against Japan. In mid-May 1945, the ship entered the campaign to secure Okinawa. While on patrol off that island on 25 May, Barry was gravely damaged by a suicide plane. Though towed into port, her wounds were too serious to justify repair. She was decommissioned a few weeks later. On 21 June 1945, USS Barry's unmanned hulk was sunk by Kamikaze attack while under tow on a mission to divert enemy suicide pilots from more valuable targets.

USS Barry was named in honor of Commodore John Barry (1745-1803), one of the most important leaders of the early United States Navy.

This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Barry (DD-248, later APD-29).

For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Barry (DD-248, later APD-29) -- During World War II; and
  • USS Barry (DD-248) -- Under Construction.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 56355

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    At anchor, circa the 1920s or 1930s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52423

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    Photographed in March 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64560

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the late 1920s or early 1930s.

    Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 73277

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    In San Diego harbor, California, about 1930.
    Ships in the right background are USS Kane (DD-235) and USS Fox (DD-234).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56349

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    Off Gonaives, Haiti, circa the 1930s. She is dressed with flags for some special occasion.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1966.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 73284

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    Nested with other destroyers in San Diego harbor, California, circa 1932-1935.
    Two fuel oil barges are moored alongside Barry.
    The airship in the distance is either USS Akron (ZRS-4) or USS Macon (ZRS-5).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56350

    USS Barry (DD-248)


    Photographed circa the 1920s or 1930s. Several merchant vessels are in the distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     


    The following photographs show USS Barry (DD-248) with groups of other ships, or in the background of views of other subjects:

    Photo #: NH 91987

    Destroyers moored at San Diego, California, prior to World War II


    These ships are (from left to right): USS Barry (DD-248); USS Bainbridge (DD-246); USS Reuben James (DD-245); USS Williamson (DD-244); USS Fox (DD-234); USS Lawrence (DD-250); and USS Hovey (DD-208).

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 65026

    Battle Force and Scouting Force destroyers


    "Full-dressed" with flags in honor of Navy Day while moored at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, 27 October 1934.
    USS Truxtun (DD-229) is in the left foreground. Nearest ship in the left center background is USS Barry (DD-248).

    Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69160

    Hawaiian Maneuvers, 1925


    "A number of destroyers and other craft taking up their positions for additional maneuvers as the Pacific Battle Fleet steamed out of Honolulu, 20 May 1925" (quoted from the original caption).
    USS Parrott (DD-218) is in the center. Nearest ship at left is USS Barry (DD-248).

    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52463

    USS Dallas (DD-199)


    Photographed during the Presidential Naval Review, 4 June 1927.
    USS Barry (DD-248) is in the left distance. Ship at right is an Omaha class light cruiser.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99559

    USS Williamson
    (DD-244) and
    USS Hovey (DD-208)

    In the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, during the 1930s.
    Destroyers next astern appear to be USS Barry (DD-248) and USS Long (DD-209).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Barry (DD-248, later APD-29) -- During World War II; and
  • USS Barry (DD-248) -- Under Construction.

    For a portrait of Commodore John Barry that was presented to USS Barry (DD-248) by artist Albert Rosenthal in 1920, see: Photo # NH 51521.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    New image added 26 September 2004