USS Barton (DD-722)
USS Barton |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Barton |
| Namesake: | John Kennedy Barton |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 10 October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1968 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1968 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 October 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 long tons (2,200 t) |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Installed power: | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 336 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns, 12 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 11 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons, 10 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (2x5), 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Barton (DD-722), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral John Kennedy Barton.
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