wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2008 07:48:24 -0400, HK wrote:

On Tue, 27 May 2008 23:38:33 -0400, wrote:
What is that ship tied up behind your boat? That the War college back
there? It's been a while since I was in DC

It's the destroyer Barry, named after a revolutionary war hero.

http://www.ushistory.org/people/commodorebarry.htm

The ship was decommissioned at least 25 years ago.


When I was there our fleet presence was the USS Drum tied up at the
Gun Factory AKA Washington Navy Yard


The Drum moved south. I've always been a fan of Gato-class subs. Most of
them were built in Groton, Connecticut, and Groton and the sub base
nearby were frequent trips sites for our Scout and Sea Scout troops.

We had a WWII destroyer escort, the USS Coates, "guarding" New Haven
harbor most of the years I lived there. I think in her later years, she
served as a training vessel for reservists in the area, because when I
saw her out on Long Island Sound, it seemed like there always was some
sort of drill taking place. She was about 300 feet and had a couple of
five or six inch guns and gear to toss depth charges.

The Coates didn't have as good an end as the Drum. She was sunk as a
target ship in the 1970s.