USS Barr (DE-576)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 2 × depth charge tracks
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
8 × depth charge projectors
8 × 20 mm AA guns
3 × 3 in guns
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 1.1 in AA guns
gptkbp:battleHonours 2 battle stars (World War II)
gptkbp:beam 36 ft 10 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bethlehem-Hingham_Shipyard
gptkbp:commissioned 16 September 1943
gptkbp:convertedTo High-speed transport (APD-39)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 213
gptkbp:dateDamaged 29 May 1944
gptkbp:decommissioned 12 June 1946
gptkbp:destroyedBy Torpedo (by U-549)
gptkbp:displacement 1,400 tons
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 5 in
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap, 1968
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Barr (DE-576)
gptkbp:hullNumber DE-576
APD-39
gptkbp:launched 28 July 1943
gptkbp:length 306 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter Edward Allen Barr Jr.
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:propulsion Turbo-electric drive
gptkbp:reclassified 23 October 1944
APD-39
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7