Construction
The second Barton (DD-722) was launched 10 October 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Ms. Barbara Dean Barton, granddaughter of Admiral Barton; and commissioned 30 December 1943, Commander J. W. Callahan in command.
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“There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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