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Doyle C. Barnes

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-353
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1944-03-04
Commissioned	1944-07-13
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Ingle, John Pierce Jr. Commanding officer from 13 July 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Doyle C. Barnes, hull DE-353, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 11 January 1944 and launched her on 4 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 13 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John Pierce Ingle Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, Hollandia, San Pedro Bay, and Leyte.

Her commissioned service ended on 15 January 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.