&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Barton_(DD-722)_underway_on_26_March_1944_(80-G-237954).jpg) USS Barton
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Barton |
| Namesake | John Kennedy Barton |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched | 10 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1968 |
| Fate | Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 October 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 long tons (2,235 t) |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Installed power | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Radar |
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USS Barton (DD-722), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral John Kennedy Barton.