Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
APD-29 USS Barry (ex DD-248)
- High-Speed Transport (ex Clemson Class Destroyer):
- Displacement: 1,190 tons
- Length: 314'4"
- Beam: 30'8"
- Draft: 9'3"
- Speed: 35 knots
- Armament: 3 3"/50 DP, 2 40mm, 5 20mm, 1 depth charge track, 4 depth charge projectors
- Complement: 149
- Geared turbine engines, twin screws, 13,000 shaft h.p.
- Built at New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N.J., and commissioned 28 December 1920
- Converted to High-Speed Transport 15 January 1944
: Badly damaged by kamikazes at Okinawa 25 May 1945 and sunk by a
second attack while under tow on 21 June 1945
"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Barry
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21 September 2002