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USS
BARNEY DDG-6 History and Timeline
The
Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers were constructed in the late
1950’s and early 1960’s. The
Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers were a new class of ship,
based upon the Forrest Sherman class DD.
The original designation for USS Barney was DD-956.
This was changed on April 23, 1957 to DDG-6 when it was decided to
build her as a guided missile destroyer.
The following specifications are “as built”.
Displacement:
4,526 Tons (Full)
Dimensions:
437’ (oa) X 47’ X 15’ (Max)
Draft:
26 feet
Height:
135 feet from waterline to highest point.
Armament:
Two 5”/54 Mk. 42 RF
guns
Tartar SAM (RIM-66A/B/E) missiles in Mk. 11 launcher
ASROC ASW (RUR-5A) 8 missiles in one Mk. 16 launcher
6 x 12.75” Mk 32 ASW Torpedo Tubes (2x3)
Fire Control:
One Mk. 4 or Mk. 13 weapons director system SPG-53A radar,
or Mk. 86 with SPG-60 and SPQ-9A
two Mk. 74 missile fire control system
one Mk. 111 ASW fire control
Surveillance
Radar: SPS-10F
or SPS-10D surface search
SPS-40B/D air search
SPS-52 surface search
Sonar:
SQS-23A or SQQ-23A PAIR
Propulsion:
Two
General Electric Geared Turbines 35,000 SHP each, 2 screws
Four Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi steam boilers
Speed 33 knots
Range 4,500 NM @ 20 knots
Crew:
340 (20 officers and 320 enlisted)
Laid
down by New York Shipbuilding on August 10. 1959
Launched December
10, 1960
Commissioned August
11, 1962
Decommissioned
December 17, 1990
Awards
Meritorious
Unit Commendation (with 1 Bronze Star) 8 Mar. 67 – 20 Aug. 67
Meritorious
Unit Citation 7 July 70 –15 Dec. 70
Battle
“E” Award 10 Oct. 79 – 30 Sep. 80
Naval
Expeditionary Medal 22 Dec. 80 – 7 Mar. 81
National
Defense Service Medal
United
Nations Service Medal (2 awards)
Republic
of V.N. Meritorious Unit Commendation (gallantry cross w/palm) 10 Mar. 67 –
2 Jun. 67
Combat
Action Ribbon
Deployment Schedule
Date
Deployment
| Aug.
11, 1962 |
USS Barney DDG-6
commissioned in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. |
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| Aug.
62 – Sep. 62 |
Outfitting
period. Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard. |
|
|
| Sep.
62 – Nov. 62 |
Pre- shakedown
qualification tests. Virginia Capes area. |
|
|
| Nov.
62 – Dec. 62 |
Tartar missile
firing tests off Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. |
|
|
| Jan.
63 – Feb. 63 |
Shakedown
cruise. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba.
Assigned as unit in Cuban Missile Quarantine. |
|
|
| Feb.
63 |
Tartar missile
firing tests off Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. |
|
|
| Mar.
63 – May 63 |
Post shakedown
overhaul. Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard. |
|
|
| Jun.
63 – Oct. 63 |
Preparation for
Sixth Fleet Mediterranean deployment. |
|
|
| Oct.
63 – Mar. 64 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Golfo di Palmas,
Sardinia; Cagliari, Sardinia; Augusta Bay, Sicily; Palermo, Sicily;
Livorni, Italy; Naples, Italy; La Spezia, Italy; Golfe Juan, French
Riviera; Valencia, Spain; Toulon, France; Palma, Majorca; Gibraltar. |
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|
| Mar.
64 – Sep. 64 |
ASW Type
Training Atlantic Coast. |
|
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| Sep.
64 – Oct. 64 |
Participated in
NATO exercises; Masterstroke and Teamwork. |
|
|
| Sep.
12, 1964 |
Crossed Artic
Circle as a unit in CV Strike Force during Amphibious exercise Steel Spike
1. |
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|
| Sep.
64 - Jan. 65 |
North Atlantic
Deployment. Antwerp, Belgium;
Brest, France; Lisbon, Portugal. |
|
|
| Feb.
65 – July 65 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Palermo, Italy; Catania, Sicily; Valetta, Malta; Toronto,
Italy; Istanbul, Turkey; Naples, Italy; Marseille, France; Bandol, France;
La Spezia, Italy; Rota, Spain. Joint
US-French exercise Fairgame III. |
|
|
| July
65 – Jan. 66 |
Blue/Gold
Operations with Second Fleet units. |
|
|
| Jan.
66 |
School ship for
the Fleet Sonar School. Key West, FL. |
|
|
| Mar.
66 – Sep. 66 |
First regular
overhaul. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. |
|
|
| Sep.
66 – Oct. 66 |
Ship’s
qualification tests and missile firings. |
|
|
| Nov.
66 – Dec. 66 |
Refresher
training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Dec.
66 – Feb. 67 |
Holiday upkeep
and Second Fleet operations. |
|
|
| Feb.
67 – Sep. 67 |
WestPac / Vietnam Deployment Guantanemo
Bay, Cuba; Panama Canal; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Subic Bay, Philippines; Midway
Island; Guam; Tonkin Golf, Vietnam; Hong
Kong; Da Nang; Okinawa, Japan; Yokuska, Japan; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; San
Francisco, California; Acapulco, Mexico.
US Seventh Fleet Sea Dragon Operations off North Vietnam. |
|
|
| Mar.
68 – July 68 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Italy; Spain; Athens, Greece; Valetta, Malta; Oslo, Norway; the Azores and Catania, Sicily
(where Gina Lollobrigida visited the ship) |
|
|
| Jan.
69 - Mar. 69 |
Winter exercises
in West Indian waters, and ASW exercises off the coast of Florida.
Type and Inter-type training exercises Springboard in west Indian
waters. |
|
|
| Apr.
69 – June 69 |
North Atlantic
Deployment. Lisbon, Portugal;
Rota, Spain; Portsmouth, England; Brest, France; Rota, Spain. |
|
|
| June
69 – Oct. 69 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Gibraltar; Porto Vecchio, Corsica; Naples, Italy; Brindisi,
Italy; Valetta, Malta; Athens, Greece; Pollensa Bay, Majorca. |
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|
| Dec.
69 – June 70 |
Over-haul
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
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| June
70 – July 70 |
Sea trials and
shakedown cruise. Caribbean cruise; San Juan, Roosevelt Roads, St. Croix.
Missile and sonar systems test. |
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|
| July
70 - Sep. 70 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
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| Sep.
70 |
Atlantic Fleet
Exercise Rimex 1-71 |
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| Sep.
22, 1970 |
Return to
Norfolk. Dock D & S Piers at 2:30 AM |
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| Sep.
23, 1970 |
Depart Norfolk
30 hours later in response to Jordanian Crisis. |
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| Sep.
70 - Dec. 70 |
Deployed around
Mediterranean. Soudha Bay, Crete; Athens, Greece; Naples, Italy; Palma,
Majorca; Valetta, Malta; Barcelona, Spain; Rota, Spain; Ponta Delgada,
Azores. |
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| Dec.
15, 1970 |
Return to
Norfolk. Barney awarded Meritorious Unit Citation. |
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| Jan.
71 – Sep. 71 |
Efficiency
inspections, multi-ship exercises, type training and single ship drills.
Participated in Operation Squeezeplay. |
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| Nov.
71 – Dec. 71 |
Participated in
Rimex 2-72. |
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|
| Dec.
71 – Jun. 72 |
Mediterranean;
Rota, Spain; Gibraltar; Barcelona; Palma; Golfe Juan French Riviera;
Naples; Bizerte, Tunisia; Athens; Soudha Bay, Crete. |
|
|
| Nov.
72 – Apr. 73 |
Main propulsion
plant conversion to Navy distillate fuels. |
|
|
| Apr.
73 – May 73 |
Refresher
training; Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| June
73 – Dec. 73 |
North Atlantic
Deployment with STANAVFORLANT. Portsmouth,
England; Le Havre, France; Antwerp, Belgium; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Den
Helder, Netherlands; Kiel, Germany; Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Hamburg,
Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Frederickshaven, Denmark; Edinburgh,
Scotland; Rosyth, Scotland; Newcastle, England. |
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|
| Apr.
74 – Feb. 75 |
Complex
over-haul. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. |
|
|
| Mar.
75 – Dec. 75 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training and qualifications, and normal Atlantic Fleet
operations. |
|
|
| Jan.
76 – Feb. 76 |
Refresher
training; Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| July
76 – Feb. 77 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Rota, Spain; Taormina, Sicily; Tunis, Tunisia; Naples, Italy; Augusta Bay, Sicily; Suda Bay, Crete; Palma, Spain; Genoa, Italy; Gaeta, Italy; Toulon, France; Barcelona, Spain; Malaga, Spain; Leixoes, Portugal |
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|
| Mar.
77 - Apr. 77 |
Drydock, Norfolk
Naval Shipyard, for repair to sonar dome. |
|
|
| Sep.
77 |
Participated in
Computex 6-77. |
|
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| Mar.
78 – Sep. 78 |
Middle East
Deployment with COMIDEASTFOR. Ponta Delgada, Azores; Rota, Spain; Suez
Canal; Persian Gulf. |
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|
| Sep.
78 – Nov. 79 |
Over-haul
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. |
|
|
| Dec.
79 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Jan.
80 – Mar. 80 |
Weapons system
accuracy tests. Post overhaul refresher training; Guantanemo Bay, Cuba.
Caribbean cruise, inspections and training.
East coast operations. |
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|
| May
80 – Jun. 80 |
Participated in
Operation Sail; Boston, MA. |
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| July
80 – Aug. 80 |
Participated in
Readiness Exercise 2-80. |
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|
| Sep.
80 – Oct. 80 |
Participated in
Computex 5-80. |
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|
| Nov.
80 – Apr. 81 |
Middle East
Deployment in support of Iranian Hostage Crisis with Comdesron 36.
Barcelona, Spain; Cartagena, Spain; Djibouti, Bahrain; Tel Aviv,
Israel. |
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|
| Aug.
81 – Oct. 81 |
Caribbean
Deployment. San Juan and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas and St.
Bethalmy, Virgin Islands. |
|
|
| Nov.
15, 1981 |
First successful
firing of a Harpoon Missile from a DDG-2 class ship. |
|
|
| Jan.
82 – Jun. 82 |
Mediterranean/Indian
Ocean Deployment. Valencia, Spain; Marseille and Toulon, France; Mombasa,
Kenya Africa; Western Geraldton, Australia. |
|
|
| Aug.
82 – Sep. 82 |
Pre overhaul
preparations, including testing and repair of all boilers. |
|
|
| Mar.
83 – Sep. 83 |
Modified
Repair/Overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyards. |
|
|
| Sep.
84 – Nov. 84 |
Caribbean
Deployment. Jamaica; St. Croix, Virgin Islands; Guadalupe; Nassau,
Bahamas. |
|
|
| Nov.
84 – Dec. 84 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Mar.
85 – Aug. 85 |
Middle East
Deployment |
|
|
| Mar.
86 – Apr. 87 |
Overhaul, Moon
Engineering Shipyard and NORSHIPCO, Norfolk, VA. |
|
|
| May
87 – July 87 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Sep.
87 – Mar. 88 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Participated in NAVOCFORMED 87.
Taranto, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Toulon, France; Haifa, Israel;
Alexandria, Egypt; Izmir, Turkey; Sigonella and Naples, Italy; Marseille
and Cannes, France; Palermo,
Sicily; Cagliari, Sardinia. |
|
|
| May
88 – Jun. 88 |
Law Enforcement
Operations. St. Lucia,
British West Indies; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands. |
|
|
| Jun-88 |
Refresher
training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Oct.
88 – Feb. 89 |
Bethlehem
Shipbuilding, Baltimore. Over-haul. |
|
|
| Mar.
89 |
Post-overhaul
refresher training. Guantanemo Bay, Cuba. |
|
|
| Oct.
89 – Apr. 90 |
Mediterranean
Deployment. Rota, Spain; Palma, Majorca; Naples, Italy; Cavalaire, France;
Haifa, Israel; Catania, Naples and Augusta Bay, Italy; Toulon,
France; Yunis, Tunisia; La Spezia and Naples, Italy; Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia; Rota, Spain. |
|
|
| May
90 – July 90 |
Law Enforcement
Operations. Georgetown,
Cayman Islands; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Bridgetown, Barbados. |
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| Dec.
12, 1990 |
USS Barney DDG-6
is decommissioned. |
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