file created: 12/07/02 00:13:17 , last update: 07/26/00
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DD-599 Barton
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol . .
1942/01/31 1942/05/29 1942/11/13
sunk
Namesake: RAdm John Kennedy Barton *1853/04/07, + 1921/12/23 Chief Bureau of Steam Engineering
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/08/28       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/08/28 42/09/14     escort Washington from Panama to Tongatabu   66 
42/09/27 42/10/1?   17 raid Buin, Faisi   66 
42/10/15     17/screen/DesRon2 xSCruz  
42/11/09 42/11/13   67.2 xGuadal-off Guadalcanal   81 
42/11/13     67.2 xGuadal - sunk off Guadalcanal (2 24in torpedoes) 165 KIA   81  104 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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