BARTON DD 599

Ship Name and Designation History

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Benson Class Destroyer Keel Laid 20 May 1941 - Launched 31 January 1942 USS BARTON DD-599 Commissioned 29 May 1942 SUNK 13 November 1942         by Japanese Destroyer AMATSUKAZE off Guadalcanal 175 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty

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1. USS Barton DD-599 Covers Page 1     (1942-1986)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3z

c 1942

Censored, marked for Air Mail. Post Office marked the cover Postage Due because no stamps were applied by sender. The sender was one of the men lost in Barton's sinking about 8 weeks later in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

 

Locy Type 9z

1942-07-03

Official Business. This postmark may have come from this ship although the Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks doesn't list it.
From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type SL(n)

1942-07-03

Official Business. Ships straight-line marking. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

USS BARTON earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle Stars during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral John Kennedy Barton, USN (7 April 1853 - 23 December 1921)
Barton graduated from the Naval Academy in 1873. He served as Engineer-in-Chief and Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering with the rank of Rear Admiral. He retired 23 December 1908. Rear Admiral Barton died in Philadelphia 23 December 1921.

The ships sponsor was Miss Barbara Dean Barton, granddaughter of Admiral Barton.

 

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