BARRY DDG 52

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Arleigh Burke Class Flight I Guided Missile Destroyer Ordered as JOHN BARRY - Renamed BARRY February 1 1988 Name reverted to JOHN BARRY May 9 1989 Renamed back to BARRY December 8 1989 Keel Laid February 26 1990 - Launched May 10 1991 Christened June 8 1991 USS BARRY DDG-52 Commissioned December 12 1992

Naval Covers

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1. USS Barry DDG-52 Covers Page 1     (2016-2017)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2 (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

1992-12-12

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2 (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

1998-01-20

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2 (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

2001-07-30

Ship's cachet, signed by CO. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 9-2 (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

1995-05-08

Collectors request.

 

Locy Type 11-2(n) (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

2006-09-01

Lebanon duty. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 11-2ny (USPS)(USS,FPO AE 09565)

2015-06-19

Collectors request. Serviced by Richard Hoffner

 

Locy Type 12-2c(n) (USS,FPO AE 09565-1270)

2006-09-01

Lebanon duty. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2ny (USPS)(USS,FPO AE 09565)

2015-06-19

Collectors request. Serviced by Richard Hoffner

 

Locy Type F

2016-04-19

Collectors request. Serviced by Robert Jank

 

Locy Type PB6 #PB8635372

2013-09-18

N/A

Collectors request.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS JOHN BARRY DDG 52" Pascagoula MS

1990-02-26

Keel Laying. Rubber stamp cachet, serviced by Larry Briend. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Christening Ceremony Sta." Pascagoula MS

1991-06-08

Christening. Cachet by Stewart Milstein.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week / New York / Sta. Staten Island NY

2015-05-22

Fleet Week. Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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Non-Postal Marking

 

Non-Postal Marking

1994-06-02

50th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. Collector request by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

USS BARRY DDG-52 has earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal and the NATO Medal for her actions during Operation Vigilant Warrior, October 1994.

NAMESAKE - Commodore John Barry, USN (1745 - 1803).

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name BARRY - USS Barry Destroyer No. 2, USS Barry DD-248/APD-29, USS Barry DD-933 and USS Barry DDG-52.

The ships sponsor is Rose Cochran, wife of United States Senator Thad Cochran.

 

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