USS Barry (DDG-52)

8315 tons

154 m

20 meters

9.5 meters

26 officers, 315 teams

Two propellers, each driven over 4 gas turbines; 100,000 shaft horsepower

31 knots

90 VLS cells, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm

The USS Barry (DDG- 52) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. It belongs to the Arleigh Burke-class. The ship is named after John Barry, who has commanded USS United States during the Quasi - War against France.

History

In September 1987, the contract for the construction of DDG -52 was granted. In February 1990, the ship was placed as second in their class at Kiel, Shipyard Ingalls Shipbuilding was. In May 1991, the destroyer was launched and was baptized. In December 1992, John Barry was put into service.

Already in the first years of the ship could win several prizes - only three times to 1998 Battenberg Cup. 1996 the destroyer operated with the USS George Washington ( CVN -73) in the Mediterranean, where the battle group participated in Operation Joint Endeavor of.

2003 ended the ship a dockyard time in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In 2005 she drove in the war on terror in addition to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN -75) in the Persian Gulf. In July 2006, Barry was employed to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Lebanon. In 2008 she took part in the exercise Sea Breeze in the Black Sea. On October 23, the Barry put on the Black Sea port of Samsun Turkish city. From the local tugs the destroyer was towed to the pier, as the stern ran aground on a sandbank and got stuck. After Barry was free, divers examined the ship, but found no damage.

In early 2011 moved the Barry at the side of the USS Enterprise (CVN -65) in European waters and further into the Indian Ocean, where the group was used to indemnify the sea routes. Beginning of March 2011 left the destroyer of the group and moved through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean to reinforce the U.S. presence in Libya; it was followed by the USS Kearsarge ( LHD 3) and USS Ponce (LPD -15). On 19 March, the destroyer fired on Libyan targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn cruise missiles of the type BGM -109 Tomahawk.