Barney (DDG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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sf X R 1 . 1 1 X . I x 7. wig, :gy Cf, .pr A26-, ,film A f ---i-f----N -W ' BARNEY II The s e c o nd Barney CDD- 1495 w a s built by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her keel was laid 26 March 1918 and she was launched on 5 September 1918, under the sponsorship of Mi s s Nan- nie Dornin Barney, great-granddaughter of Commodore Barney. The d e s t r o y e r was placed in commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 March 1919. She had a length overall of 314 feet 5 inches, extreme beam, 31 feet 8 inches, normal displace- ment of 1,154 tons, mean draft, 9 feet 2 inches, designed speed, 35 knots, and a de- signed complement of 6 officers and 95 men. Her original armament was four 4-inch .53 caliber guns, two 3-inch .23 cal- iber guns, two .30 caliber machine guns, and twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes in triple mounts. BARNEY III USS Barney QDDG-65 is the thirdship of the fleet to be named in honor of Com- modore Joshua Barney, USN. She was one of the first ships designed from the keel up as guided missile destroyers. Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Cam- den, New Jersey, her keel was laid on 18 May 1959. She was christened on 10 De- cember 1960 by her sponsor Mrs. Harry D. Wortman. Barney has an overall length of 431 feet, a beam of 47 feet and a displacement of 4,500 tons, and is usually manned by about 319 enlisted men. Considerably larger than the destroy- ers we have known in the past, Barney is still a fast, highly maneuverable destroyer. Her automatic combustion control power plant is one of the newest to be installed in destroyers, enabling her to carry out any task assigned her with great speed and mo- bility. In addition, she possesses anti-air warfare and anti-submarine capabilities that are infinitely greater than those of previous classes of destroyers. Her arma- ment includes the TARTAR guided missile weapons system, anti - submarine torpedoes, and a 5 inch 54 caliber dual purpose gun battery. She is equipped with the most mod- ern communications and electronics and is capable of detecting, tracking and deliver- ing rapid salvos of missiles and projectiles against enemy targets, be they in the air, on the sea, under the sea, or on land. Her entry into service marked another major stride forward in the program of providing the United States Navy with advanced types of warships to enable it to meet the chal- lenges of today and tomorrow.

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1,4 A4 N Joshua Barney was a man of extraordi- nary talents whose naval career symbolized bravery and perseverance. He was only fifteen years old when he assumed his first command while enroute to the Mediterranean. He had several commands during the Revolutionary War after which he served as a courier for Benjamin Franklin. Joshua Barney servedwith distinction as a Co mmodo r e in the French Navy for six years before returning to the United States shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812. When the British made their land invasion Barney led his sailors and marines ashore to Bladensburg where they formed the brunt of the American defense on 24 August 1814. The guided missile destroyer USS BARNEY QDDG-65 is the third ship of the Navy to be named in honor of this gallant and patri- otic sailor. 'iz ' N Y 'RMT' If T' T' -'s- -af fgx S-qi - g 1-, V X 1 X Xa- ' ' Pfvv vs-arise if ' ' ' Q f.v-E X 'ilff oo 4 .. BARNEY I The first Barney QTorpedo Boat 255 was built by the Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine. Her keel was laid 3 January 1906 and she was launched on 28 July 1900, un- der the sponsorship of Miss Esther Nichol- son Barney, great-granddaughter of Com- rnodore Barney. This first Barney had an Overall length of 157 feet, extreme beam, 17 feet: Hormal -displacement of 168 tons, mean draft, 5 feet, a designed speed of 28 knots, and a complement of 3 officers and 26 men. She was armed with one 1-pounder gun and three 18-inch torpedo tubes.

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0 , S 'LX ,.---1 'Q' - ' 3: 5 1' , , ' N- ..1C7.1 1' 1 7, jf- .4 Y' IV-ZYEZQ, -:-Zfg' 1 ' XQWLXCJ x X- U ir q1.. 'i' W- .., l 'Lf mspfrmrfs of 'V0'f90R7 HWS If anyone had told a Barneyman that he'd be making a two-month Mediterranean cruise after the twelve weeks of missile system qualifica- tions and refresher training in the Caribbean, he would have been thought crazy. But as the Barney Family knows, that's what happened-- with the exception of the famous thirty-hour day Barney spent in Norfolk back in Septem- ber. It still seems hard to believe that Barney was back in Norfolk 161 days later. After a ship has undergone a lengthy rou- tine overhaul, there's a lot of dust that must be shaken out, and much testing and training to be accomplished. Barney's twelve-week stintinthe Caribbean had that as its goal. The first phase was the missile system qualification trials. The Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range, off Puerto Rico, was the site of these firings, and San Juan was the first overseas liberty port for many Barneymen. In the middle of the second day of firings, Barney received the first of many un- scheduled operations when called onto rescue two St. Croix fishermen adrift in their boat about twenty miles from the coast of Puerto Rico without food or fresh water for three days. After the outstanding results of the TARTAR missile firings, the underwater bat- tery was next on the testing agenda, the three- dimensional sonar range off St. Croix was the testing site. Barney spent a week in St. Criox, underway early in the morning for work, and returning to the pier in the early afternoon for some island liberty. However, the real challenge, Refresher Training, didn't come until Barney arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, early in the morning of 27 July. After the arrival inspection by Fleet Training Group, in which Barney was declared ready for training, refresher training QREFTRAJ began, and was not completed until the Operational Readiness Inspection some six weeks later. The visit to a third overseas liberty port, Port au Prince, Haiti, where Barney was to have spent Labor Day weekend, unfortunately was precluded by an anchor windlass casualty, With REFTRA complete on ll September, Barney headed for Rimex l-71, a coordinated missile exercise with several other ships of the Atlantic Fleet. This was Barney's first real mission as a fully operational unit of the fleet after REFTRA. Three of the ships involved with Rimex, U.S.S. John F. Kennedy, U.S.S. Belknap, and U.S.S. Leahy, left abruptly to augment the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Jordanian crisis in Sep- tember. Barney stayed with Rimex, but instead of liberty in San Juan after the exercise, we headed for Norfolk at high speed, arrivingthere at 0130, 22 September. Something was up! On arrival, the Captain briefed ALL HANDS. Barney was to sail for the Mediterra- nean at 0800 the following day! What could one say? There was much to do in the short time: stores, ammunition, and supplies to be on- loaded, and many hello-goodbys to be said, Barneymen worked it all in somehow in the thirty-hour day. Barney arrived on station in the easterr Mediterranean on 8 October, and on 9 October went into Soudha Bay, Crete for three days' up keep before heading to Athens for the first lib- erty port of the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean cruise was condensed in length, nevertheless, during the two months Barney was there, she visited several of the Medis most interesting ports, and the at-sea periods were filled with operations and de- manding evolutions. After the Athens visit, and some days at sea, Naples was the next stop. Palma, on the beautiful island of Mallorca, off the coast of Spain, was the fourth port of call on the cruise, and perhaps the crew's favorite. Then came Valletta, Malta, whose heroic citizens tunneled into the limestone for shelter during World War II to withstand over 1200 days of bombing. English is Malta's official lan- guage- -a pleasant change for Barneymen weary of a language barrier in other ports. Missilex 5-71 was next on Barney's sched- ule, but a fouled range and more pressing com- mitments fturnoverb precluded our firing. Bar- ney officially left Task Group 60-1 and headed for a brief, but most enjoyable, liberty stop in Barcelona. Finally, On 8 December, just two months after arriving on station south of Cyprus, Bar- ney arrived at Rota, Spain, for turnover with U.S.S. Brumby, return to the Second Fleet, and CONUS.