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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Barry |
| Namesake | John Barry |
| Ordered | 15 December 1952 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 15 March 1954 |
| Launched | 1 October 1955 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Francis Rogers |
| Acquired | 31 August 1956 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 5 November 1982 |
| Stricken | 31 January 1983 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Brownsville, Texas, completed by 11 February 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,050 tons |
| Length | 418 ft 6 in (128 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 70,000 shp (52.2 MW); Geared turbines, two propellers |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 4500 nautical miles (8,300 km) |
| Complement | 337 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 5 |
| Armament |
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USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam War, for which she earned two battle stars. Another notable aspect of her service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Decommissioned in 1982, she became the "Display Ship Barry" (DS Barry), a museum ship at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., in 1984.
Renovation of DS Barry to allow her to continue as a museum ship was deemed too expensive to justify. Furthermore, the planned construction of a fixed-span bridge to replace the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, a swing bridge, would have trapped her at the Washington Navy Yard permanently. Scrapping was therefore the only realistic option. An official departure ceremony for the ship took place on 17 October 2015,[1] and she was towed away on 7 May 2016 to be scrapped in Philadelphia.[2][3][4] Scrapping was completed by 11 February 2022.[5]
- ^ Morris, Tyrell K. (17 October 2015). "Navy Bids Farewell to Display Ship Barry". US Navy. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Copper, Kyle (6 May 2016). "Museum ship at Navy Yard leaving the nation's capital". WTOP. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Eckstein, Megan (25 February 2015). "Washington Navy Yard to Dismantle Display Ship Barry By Next Summer, No Plans for Replacement". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ Dingfelder, Sadie (10 September 2015). "Bidding farewell to the Barry". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Naval Vessel Register|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_DD_933.HTML