USS Barton (DD-722)

	USS Barton
History
United States
Name	USS Barton
Namesake	John Kennedy Barton
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	24 May 1943
Launched	10 October 1943
Commissioned	30 December 1943
Decommissioned	30 September 1968
Stricken	1 October 1968
Fate	Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 October 1969
General characteristics
Class & type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Installed power	60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	336
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns; 12 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, ; 11 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons, ; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x5), ; 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks;

History
USS Barton
United States
Name	USS Barton
Namesake	John Kennedy Barton
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	24 May 1943
Launched	10 October 1943
Commissioned	30 December 1943
Decommissioned	30 September 1968
Stricken	1 October 1968
Fate	Sunk as target off Virginia, 8 October 1969
General characteristics
Class & type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Installed power	60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	336
Sensors & processing systems	Radar
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal guns 12 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 11 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x5), 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks