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APD-39 Barr
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/11/05
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
1943/12/28 1944/02/15 1963/03/23
target
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:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-576, 44/07/31 > APD-39; 1960/06/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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