BARBER APD 57

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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.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid April 27 1943 - Launched May 30 1943

  1. USS BARBER DE-161
    Commissioned October 10 1943

  2. USS BARBER APD-57
    Reclassified High Speed Transport (APD) October 23 1944
    Decommissioned March 22 1946

    Stricken November 27 1968

  3. ARM COAHUILA B-7 (Mexican Naval Service)
    Sold to Mexico December 22 1969 - Still in service

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Barber Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2z

1944-10-14

As DE-161


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-02-08

As APD-57


 

Locy Type
9#

(Br. #15452)

1945-07-25

As APD-57
Marking from back of cover

 

Other Information

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars
European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star
World War II Victory Medal
Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Firemen Malcolm, Leroy, and Randolph Barber (Brothers)
When the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 commenced, the Barber brothers were aboard USS OKLAHOMA BB-37. On December 21 1941, the family was notified that all three brothers were listed as missing and presumed dead

 


 

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