Barney (DDG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOSHUA BARNEY The staff of thls book has recorded lnformatlon concerning the crulse as well as pictures of shlp board Ilfe and port vlslts for your pleasure and your future remlnlscence These are the men who served on the staff OS3 Denms Selllck SA Daryl Reynolds SN Van Smlth MMC Joseph Haddakln OS3 Stephen Keen BTFN Joseph Krepp LT John Craycraft RM2 Danlel Delaney OSSN Gerald Hall SK3 Paul Bohannan MM2 Danny Darsey YNSN Rlck Peoples PN3 Barney McGale SH3 Salvadore Lombardo BTFN David Roussopoulos YNSN Fred Jones SN Arthur Mansfield FTFA Danlel Cheetham

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AM Wm M121-S The USS BARNEY gets her name from a man who helped set the standards of American naval tradition. Joshua Barney assumed his first command when he was only fifteen years old He had several commands during the Revolution and after the war served as Commodore in the French Navy for six years When the War of 1812 began he returned to the United States to defend his country On one occasion he led his sailors and marines ashore at Bladensburg and formed the bulwark of the American defense against the British land invasion USS BARNEY QDDG-61 is the third ship to be named in honor of Commodore Joshua Barney She was one of the first ships designed from keel up as a guided missile destroyer. The New York Shipbuilding Cor- poration in Camden New Jersey laid the keel on 18 December 1959 and less than one year later 10 December 1960 she was christened by her sponsor Mrs Harry Wortman On 11 August 1962 the com mlssioning pennant was broken In appropriate ceremonies in Philadelphia USS BARNEY is 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 mobility Her anti-air warfare and anti-submarine capabilities are infinitely greater than those previous classes of destroyers The Tartar guided missile weapons system Asroc torpedoes and a 5-inch 54 caliber dual-purpose gun battery coupled with the most modern communications and electronics b ena Ie her to detect track and deliver rapid salvos of missiles and projectiles against enemy targetS whether on land sea under the sea or in the air

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STANDING NAVAL FORCE ATLA TIC K llhff' ,, MZ 'I 'Sri me A vs-ow if I x Qs X The Standing Naval Force Atlantic QSTANAVFORLANU is the world's first permanent multi-nation naval squadron to operate together in peacetime. This force operates as one unit, bound by the common purpose of serving as NATO's maritime spearhead in preserving the free access to North Atlantic waters. STANAVFORLANT is composed of between four and nine destroyer or frigate type ships, operating as one unit on a continuous basis. Ships of various nationalities will normally remain with the squadron for a period of up to six months. They are then relieved by a unit of the same nationality or a vessel from another NATO naval member. Commanding the squadron is a commodore who is selected annually from one of the countries contributing ships to the force. The commodore is aided by a staff of officers who are also provided by participating countries. Overall command of STANAVFORLANT is exercised by the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from Norfolk, Virginia. The Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area, with headquarters at Northwood, England, controls the force when operating in European waters.