USS Barry (DD 248)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 248
Built by	New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	26 Jul 1919
Launched	28 Oct 1920
Commissioned	28 Dec 1920
End service	21 Jun 1945
History	Decommissioned 20 December 1932 Recommissioned 20 June 1933 Converted to High Speed Transport APD-29 on 15 January 1944 Barry was irreparably damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 25 May 1945. She was decomissioned on 21 June 1945 and later on that day she was towed from the harbor of Kerama Retto to be used as a decoy for the kamikazes. While under tow she was attacked by Japanese kamikaze planes and sunk along with her escort LSM 59.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. William Marchant Cole, USN	1 May 1939	15 Feb 1941
2	Lt. Luther Kendrick Reynolds, USN	15 Feb 1941	21 Sep 1942
3	T/Lt.Cdr. John Francis Flynn, USN	21 Sep 1942	22 Sep 1943
4	Herbert Dudley Hill, USNR	22 Sep 1943	5 Sep 1944
5	Clemens Francis Hand, USNR	5 Sep 1944	21 Jun 1945

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