Daniel E. Barbey

Daniel E. Barbey
Nickname(s)	"Uncle Dan"
Born	(1889-12-23)23 December 1889 Portland, Oregon, United States
Died	11 March 1969(1969-03-11) (aged 79) Bremerton, Washington, United States
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1912–1951
Rank	Vice admiral
Service number	O-7930
Commands	Caribbean Sea Frontier Fourth Fleet Seventh Fleet VII Amphibious Force USS New York USS Ramapo USS Lea USS Lawrence
Battles / wars	Banana Wars Nicaraguan intervention Occupation of Veracruz World War I Russian Civil War Greco-Turkish War World War II Operation Cartwheel Woodlark–Kiriwina campaign Salamaua–Lae campaign New Britain campaign Battle of Arawe Battle of Cape Gloucester Admiralty Islands campaign Western New Guinea campaign Philippine campaign Battle of Leyte Battle of Mindanao Borneo campaign Operation Blacklist Forty Chinese Civil War Operation Beleaguer
Awards	Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal (2) Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Australia)

Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey (23 December 1889 – 11 March 1969) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II. A graduate of the Naval Academy, he participated in the 1912 United States occupation of Nicaragua and the 1915 United States occupation of Veracruz. While serving with the War Plans Section of the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C. between the World Wars, developed an interest in amphibious warfare. In 1940 he produced Fleet Training Publication 167 – Landing Operations Doctrine, United States Navy, which would become the Navy's "bible" of amphibious operations, and would remain in use throughout World War II.

As commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet in 1940 and 1941 he supervised amphibious training and conducted Fleet Landing Exercises. In May 1942, Barbey was appointed to organize a new Amphibious Warfare Section within the Navy Department, which was charged with responsibility for the coordination of amphibious training and the development and production of the new generation of landing craft. In January 1943 he assumed command of Amphibious Force, Southwest Pacific Force, which became the VII Amphibious Force. He planned and carried out 56 amphibious assaults in the Southwest Pacific Area between September 1943 and July 1945. After the war, he commanded the Seventh Fleet and Fourth Fleet.