APD-39 Barr
United States Navy fast attack transport
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Buckley - | 1943/11/05 Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass. | 1943/12/28 | 1944/02/15 | 1963/03/23
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Namesake: Pfc Woodrow Wilson Barr *1918/06/30, KIA 1942/08/07 - Tulagi | |||||
TTD differences from class: | |||||
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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44/11 |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   66  |
44/11 | 44/12 |   |   | escort AGC Teton from Panama to San Francisco then sail to P.H. |   66  |
44/12 | 45/01/10 |   |   | P.H. - UDT training |   66  |
45/01/10 | 45/02/16 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Iwojima |   66  |
45/02/16 | 45/03/04 | Detach |   | UDT 14 |   66  |
45/03/21 | 45/04/0? | Iceber | 52.11 | UDT13 |   66  |
45/04/10 |   | Iceber | 51.29.11 | sinking I-44/share |   |
45/04/2? | 45/08 | Iceber |   | Okinawa, Saipan, Philippines - patrol and convoy duty |   66  |
45/08/2? | 45/08/30 |   |   | sail to Tokio Bay |   66  |
45/08/30 | 45/09/1? |   |   | Tokio Bay |   66  |
45/08/30 |   |   |   | entered Tokio Bay (with Sims II, Pavlic), disembark troops to Tokio Bay entrance forts #2,#4 |   66  |
45/09/02 |   |   |   | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony |   81  |