USS Barry (DD-2)

USS Barry (DD-2) in port soon after completion, circa 1902-1903.
History
United States
Name:	Barry
Namesake:	Commedore John Barry
Builder:	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost:	$303,306.87 (hull and machinery)[1]
Laid down:	2 September 1899
Launched:	22 March 1902
Sponsored by:	Miss Charlotte Adams Barnes
Commissioned:	24 November 1902
Decommissioned:	28 June 1919
Struck:	15 September 1919
Identification:	Hull symbol:DD-2 Code letters:NCK
Fate:	sold January 3 1920 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia for $10,855
Status:	broken up for scrap
General characteristics [2]
Class & type:	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:	420 long tons (430 t) (standard)
Length:	250 ft (76 m) (oa)
Beam:	23 ft 7 in (7.19 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Installed power:	8,000 shp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × shaft
Speed:	29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Complement:	3 officers 72 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Barry (DD-2), a Bainbridge-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore John Barry (1745–1803).

Construction

Barry was launched on 22 March 1902 by Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Charlotte Adams Barnes the great-grandniece of Commodore Barry: and commissioned on 24 November 1902, Lieutenant Noble Edward Irwin in command.

Pre-World War I

Barry was assigned to the 1st Torpedo Flotilla, Coast Squadron, North Atlantic Fleet, and during the summer of 1903 participated in maneuvers off the New England coast. In December 1903 she departed the East Coast and sailed via the Suez Canal to the Asiatic Station, arriving in April 1904.

On the Asiatic Station she served with the 1st Torpedo Flotilla, Battleship Squadron, until August 1917, except for two short periods (2 April-21 December 1908 and on 21 October 1912-24 June 1913) out of commission.

World War I

Barry departed the Philippine Islands on 1 August 1917 and sailed via the Suez Canal for Gibraltar arriving 20 October. She escorted merchantmen in the Mediterranean until August 1918 and arrived at Charleston, South Carolina on 5 September. She remained there until the end of the year performing patrol and convoy duties. In January 1919, she left for the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she was decommissioned on 28 June and sold on 3 January 1920 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia.

Noteworthy commanding officers

• Lieutenant Noble Edward Irwin (24 March 1902-7 July 1905) (Later Rear Admiral)
• Lieutenant Adolphus Eugene Watson (27 March 1906-8 January 1907) (Later Rear admiral)

References

Source

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.