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![Dewatering equipment kit [we used to called them "pumps"]](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_Barry_0160/$File/WNYDSB_140824_126.JPG) |
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![Wardroom Gallery:
The wardroom gallery is where the officer's meals were prepared. The galley was operated by men of the MS rating, and monthly dues were collected to buy the food served by one or two wardroom mess cooks [non-rates] fulfilling their 90 day tour after initially reporting to their division.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_Barry_0160/$File/WNYDSB_140824_155.JPG) |
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![Post Office:
On deployment, mail has an acute impact on crew's morale. Normally a postal clerk [PC] seaman or third class assigned to NAV/X division operates a post office of this size. If the ship has not received any mail for a couple of weeks while on deployment, there may be as much as ten to fifteen large bags. Once the sorting has been completed and "mail call" is passed over the 1MC, divisional "Mail PO's" will pick up their division's mail.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_Barry_0160/$File/WNYDSB_140824_226.JPG) |
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![Display Ship Barry will be CLOSED from 25-31 October 2011 in preparation for "Ghost Ship".
[It should be pointed out that this picture was taken August, 2014.]](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_Barry_0160/$File/WNYDSB_140824_267.JPG) |
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![Commodore Joshua Barney:
"I am therefore of the opinion the only defense we have in our power, is a kind of Barge or Row-galley, so as to draw a small draft of water, to carry Oars, light sails, and One heavy long gun..."
-- Commodore Joshua Barney, outlining his plan for the defense of the Chesapeake Bay
Following a distinguished career as a merchantman and naval officer in the Revolutionary War, Joshua Barney served as a privateer at the beginning of the War of 1812. He proposed the creation of [a] large fleet of small, inexpensive barges to contend with the larger enemy ships that dominated the Chesapeake Bay. Secretary of the Navy William Jones agreed and gave Barney command of the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_1812_0160/$File/WNYN18_140824_018.JPG) |
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![The Steps to War:
War of 1812: A Nation Forged by War:
The War of 1812 arose from disputes -- over the rights of neutrals at sea rights, American ideas of citizenship, and westward expansion in North America -- set against the background of constant war between France and Great Britain.
Britain ruled the sea and France dominated Europe; each took aim at neutral US merchant ships to hurt the other. The British also outraged US citizens by pressing American sailors into its navy, claiming them as subjects. Even frontier Americans resented Britain for her Indian alliances, which create[d] a barrier to expansion.
In response to these affronts, real and imagined, and the increasing pressure of a sizable pro-war party, President James Madison asked Congress for a declaration of war on Great Britain on 18 June 1812.
"The final step ought to be taken; and that step is WAR."
-- Henry Clay, "War Should be Declared," Washington National Intelligence, 1812](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_1812_0160/$File/WNYN18_140824_110.JPG) |
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![Upon the Coasts:
War of 1812: A Nation Forged by War:
Before the US established the Navy, the Treasury Department's Revenue Cutter Service watched its shores. During the War of 1812, the Service did inshore patrol duty, freeing the Navy's ships for blue-water cruises.
Several of the Service's cutter crews distinguished themselves in combat during the war. In fact, the honor of capturing the first enemy ship fell to the cutter Thomas Jefferson in June of 1812.
"Your gallant and desperate attempt... excited such admiration..."
-- Letter from Lieutenant John Crerie, Royal Navy, to Captain Travis, US Revenue Cutter Service, 1813
The next year, the cutter Vigilant captured a famous British privateer off Rhode Island, while the cutter Eagle fought to the last ounce of powder against a [sic] two larger British warships, before escaping overland.
A century after its display of dedication and courage in the War of 1812, the Revenue Cutter Service was converted into the US Coast Guard, which continues its proud traditions today.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_1812_0160/$File/WNYN18_140824_119.JPG) |
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![Preble Takes Command:
The first two US Navy squadrons temporarily over-powered the Barbary States and saved many American ships, but the squadrons had no permanent success. A tight blockade of Tripoli was impossible sine small craft could hug the coast where Navy ships could not follow them. In 1803, Edward Preble was appointed to command the squadron. The frigates Constitution and Philadelphia, along with several shallow watercraft, were included in the squadron. Preble at 42 was dismayed to find that all of his officers were under the age of 30. Although Preble was a strict disciplinarian, he was an experienced and throughly [sic] professional naval officer. His young officers were soon proud to be known as "Preble's boys," a title they carried into the War of 1812, in which every one of them made a distinguished name for himself.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_0160/$File/WNYNM_140824_296.JPG) |
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![Lake Ontario:
Commodore Isaac Chauncey took command of naval forces on Lakes Ontario and Erie and, coverting [sic] merchantmen to armed schooners, achieved control of Lake Ontario by November 1812. He established a Navy Yard at Sackets Harbor and commenced construction of larger warships. The British did likewise at Kingston and York and brought in contingents of the Royal Navy under Commodore Sir James Yeo. The balance of power swayed from side as each commanded attempted to outbuild the other and avoided a major confrontation. Despite the lack of a decisive battle, Commodore Chauncey kept Yeo's squadron at bay, twice raided the enemy shipyard at York, landed troops at Fort George, escorted army transports, and protected General Wilkinson's descent of the St. Lawrence River. Chauncey's vigilance prevented the British from taking advantage of the vulnerable New York state frontier.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_0160/$File/WNYNM_140824_367.JPG) |
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![As a result of the Great White Fleet, US relations with the countries visited were either improved or initially established in a positive way. Notably, the visit to Australia led to important personal contacts between Americans and Australians while strengthening the sense of shared national interests. On August 20, the Fleet was greeted at Sydney, Australia, by half a million people who stayed up all night so as not to miss the ships' arrival. For the next eight days, there was a nonstop celebration in honor of the Navy visitors. With all this celebrating, some of the crewmen were beginning to feel the wear and tear. One sailor was found asleep on a bench in one of Sydney's parks with a sign he had posted a sign [sic] above his head which read: "Yes, I am delighted with the Australian people. Yes, I think your park is the finest in the world. I am very tired and would like to go to sleep." Being truly hospitable, Sydney let him sleep.
Melbourne also rolled out the red carpet for the Fleet. Nothing was too great for the American Sailors, who were given the key to the city. Melbourne's hospitality made such an impression that many sailors were reluctant to leave when the ships got underway for Albany in Western Australia.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_NavyMus_0160/$File/WNYNM_140824_624.JPG) |
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![USS Balao (SS-285)
Battle Flag of USS BALAO [illustration]
Displacement: 1,526 [tons](surfaced), 2,414 (submerged)
Length: 311' 9"
Draft: 16' 10"
Speed: 20.25 k. (surfaced), 8.75 k. (submerged)
Complement: 6 officers and 60 enlisted men
Armament: 10 21" torpedo tubes, 1 4" gun, 2 20mm. A.A. guns
Class: BALAO
USS BALAO's keel was laid by the Portsmouth (NH) Navy Yard on 26 June 1942. She was launched 27 October 1942 (sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward) and commissioned on 4 February 1943, LCDR Richard H. Crane commanding.
BALAO's combat operations spanned the period from 25 July 1943 to 27 27 August 1945. She carried out 10 war patrols, during the course of which she was credited with sinking seven Japanese ships, totaling in excess of 32,000 tons, as well as 1,100 tons of small craft sunk by gunfire. BALAO earned nine battle stars for her World War II service. Her battle flag was designed by a Disney artist at the request of Motor Machinist Mate 3rd Class William G. Hartley in 1945.
BALAO returned to the United States in 1946, ultimately arriving at New London, Connecticut, where she was decommissioned on 28 August 1946 and placed in reserve.
Recommissioned on 4 March 1952, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and based at Key West, Florida. There, she served primarily as a training ship for antisubmarine units and the Special Development Force in the Key West and Guantanamo Bay operating areas. She was decommissioned on 11 July 1963, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1963. Her hull was sunk as a target off the northern coast of Florida on 6 September 1963; however, before this occurred, her conning tower was removed, and it has been restored by the Naval Supply Systems Command for display here on the waterfront of the Washington Navy Yard.](/Graphlib/GraphData14.nsf/Images/2014_DC_WNY_Parks_0160/$File/WNYYD_140824_70.JPG) |
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