USS Barney (DD-149)

USS Barney
History
United States
Name	Barney
Namesake	Joshua Barney
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost	$1,448,398.36 (hull and machinery)[1]
Yard number	464
Laid down	26 March 1918
Launched	5 September 1918
Commissioned	14 March 1919
Decommissioned	30 June 1922
Identification	DD-149
Recommissioned	1 May 1930
Decommissioned	30 November 1945
Reclassified	AG-113, 30 June 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 13 October 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,154 tons
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.8 m)
Beam	31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	133 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Barney (DD–149) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later redesignated AG-113. She was the second ship named for Commodore Joshua Barney.

Barney was launched on 5 September 1918 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, sponsored by Miss Nannie Dornin Barney, great-granddaughter of Commodore Barney. The ship was commissioned on 14 March 1919, Lieutenant Commander James L. Kauffman in command.