BARNEY DDG 6

Ship Name and Designation History

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Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Originally classified as Destroyer "DD-956" Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 23 April 1957 Keel Laid 10 August 1959 - Launched 10 December 1960 USS BARNEY DDG-6 Commissioned 11 August 1962 - Decommissioned 17 December 1990 Struck from Naval Register 20 November 1992

Naval Covers

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1. USS Barney DDG-6 Covers Page 1    (1962-1989)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS)

1962-08-11

First Day of Commission, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1962-10-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1973-05-05

Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) (1975)

1977-01-24

Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) (1983)

1987-09-01

Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2tn+u (USS)

1989-06-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS)

1973-05-05

Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1989-06-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS)

1975-12-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus B-12

1987-10-24

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog illus. CD-7

1980-06-04

OpSail 1980

 

Locy Type SLob(n+) (47x4)

1973-05-05

Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 2tn+u (USS)

1990-12-17

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC 9eft(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-12a

1990-12-17

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Joshua Barney, USN (6 July 1759 - 1 December 1818)
         Barney served with distinction in the Navy during both the Revolution War and The War of 1812. In February 1776, as Master’s Mate of HORNET, he took part in Commodore Hopkins’s descent upon New Providence. Later he served on WASP and was made a Lieutenant for gallantry in the action between that vessel and the British brig TENDER. While serving on ANDREA DORIA he took a prominent part in the defense of the DELAWARE. Lieutenant Barney was taken prisoner several times and several times exchanged. In 1779 he was again taken prisoner and was imprisoned in Hill Prison in England until his escape in 1781. In 1782 he was put in command of the ship HYDER ALLY, in which he captured the British ship, GENERAL MONK, a vessel of far heavier guns than his own. He was given command of this prize and sailed for France with dispatches for Benjamin Franklin, returning with the information that peace had been declared. After the Revolution he entered the French Navy, where he was made Commander of a squadron. After a successful stint as the captain of the privateer Rossie early in the War of 1812, Barney devised a plan to defend the Chesapeake Bay that the Navy Department accepted. As a Captain in the U.S. Navy, he assembled, outfitted, and manned a flotilla of barges that served to delay but not deter the British forces from attacking Washington. After scuttling his vessels to prevent their capture, Barney and his flotillamen made a valiant but doomed attempt to repulse the British at Bladensburg, Maryland, on August 24 1814. For his gallant conduct in the defense of the capital, he received a sword from the city of Philadelphia and the thanks of the legislature of Georgia. The wounds received in the battle of Bladensburg may have contributed to his death in Pittsburgh in 1818, which occurred while on his way to Kentucky where he planned to retire. His body is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Harry D. Wortman.

Four Ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Commodore Barney (Civil War ferryboat), USS Barney TB-25, USS Barney DD-149 and USS Barney DDG-6.

 

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