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DD-213 Barker
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Clemson . .
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia,
1919/09/11 1919/12/27 1945/11/30
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Namesake: RAdm Albert S. Barker, *1845/03/31, + 1916/01/30 Civil War, CO Newark (Spanish War), 1903-05 CinCAtl
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 43-44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     DesRon29/DesDiv58 Tarakan, Borneo   81 
41/12/1? 42/01     Netherland East Indies - escort duty   66 
42/01 42/02/03   5/DesRon29/DesDiv58 Java Sea  
42/02/03     CombStrFor    
42/02/04     CombStrFor off Bali   66 
42/02/15     CombStrFor damage(bomb) > off Banka Is.   66 
42/02/19 42/03     Exmouth Bay(Aust) - repairs, overhaul   66 
42/05/24 42/06/29     Tonga Is   66 
42/06/29 42/07     sail Tonga Is . > Samoa > New Caledonia > P.H. > Mare Island   66 
42/07 42/10     MINY - overhaul   66 
42/10 43/05     escort duty San Francisco <> P.H.   66 
43/03 45/05     patrol and escort duty out of Fremantle   66 
43/06       leftPac   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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