BARNEY AG 113

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.

Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid March 26 1918 - Launched September 5 1918


1. USS BARNEY Destroyer No. 149
   Commissioned March 14 1919
   
   
2. USS BARNEY DD-149
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 30 1922
   Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned November 9 1936
   Recommissioned October 4 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol
   
   
3. USS BARNEY AG-113
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 30 1945
   Decommissioned November 30 1945
   
   Stricken December 19 1945
   Sold October 31 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Barney Covers Page 1    (1935-44)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to November 9 1936

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1930-11-11

As DD-149
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1932-11-30

As DD-149

 

Locy Type LDC 3s

1936-11-09

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type LDC 3s

1936-11-09

As DD-149
William F. Schlechter

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Locy Type 5hks "USS BARNEY / LAST DAY" USS BERNADOU DD-153

1936-11-09

Decommissioning of USS BARNEY
Walter G. Crosby

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3rd Commissioning October 4 1939 to November 30 1945

 

Locy Type FDR RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-11

1939-10-04

As DD-149

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r "NEWPORT / R.I."

1939-11-08

As DD-149
First Day of Postal Service
Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-08

As DD-149
First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1939-11-08

As DD-149
First Day of Postal Service cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

1941-05-23

As DD-149

 

Other Information

BARNEY earned 1 Battle Star for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Joshua Barney (July 6 1759 - December 1 1818)
Barney served with distinction in the Navy during both the Revolution 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 Pittsburg's Allegheny Cemetery

 

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