USS Barney (DDG-6)

	USS Barney on 1 November 1984
History
United States
Name	Barney
Namesake	Joshua Barney
Ordered	28 March 1957
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	10 August 1959
Launched	10 December 1960
Acquired	31 July 1962
Commissioned	11 August 1962
Decommissioned	17 December 1990
Reclassified	DDG-6, 23 April 1957
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NDSD; ; Hull number: DD-956;
Fate	Scrapped, 22 February 2006
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General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar; AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar; AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19; AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar;
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile; 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher; 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes);
Aircraft carried	None

USS Barney (DD-956/DDG-6) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for Commodore Joshua Barney USN (1759–1818).

Her original designation was DD-956. On 23 April 1957, it was decided to build her as a guided missile destroyer.

Barney was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey on 10 August 1959, launched on 10 December 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Harry D. Wortman, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 11 August 1962.

History
USS Barney on 1 November 1984
United States
Name	Barney
Namesake	Joshua Barney
Ordered	28 March 1957
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	10 August 1959
Launched	10 December 1960
Acquired	31 July 1962
Commissioned	11 August 1962
Decommissioned	17 December 1990
Reclassified	DDG-6, 23 April 1957
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NDSD Hull number: DD-956
Fate	Scrapped, 22 February 2006
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Foster Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19 AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)
Aircraft carried	None