USS Barbey ( FF - 1088 ) USS " Barbey " ( DE - 1088 / FF - 1088 ) was a of the US Navy . " Barbey " ( DE - 1088 ) was laid down on 5 February 1972 by Avondale Shipyard s , Inc . , Westwego , La . ; launched on 4 December 1971 ; sponsored by Mrs . Daniel E . Barbey , widow of Vice Admiral Barbey ; and placed in commission at Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 11 November 1972 , Comdr . Theodore B . Shultz in command . Operational history . Pacific . After fitting out and completing sea trials at Long Beach Naval Shipyard , " Barbey " got underway on 4 February 1973 for shakedown training in the Hawaiian Islands . Before post - shakedown availability at Long Beach , which commenced on 12 May , the ship enjoyed a three - day liberty at Acapulco , Mexico , plane guarded for and conducted acoustic tests at Seattle . The availability included a drydock period from 5 June to 9 October during which workers at Long Beach Naval Shipyard modified her flight deck and hangar to accommodate a light airborne multi - purpose system ( LAMPS ) helicopter and installed an experimental controllable pitch propeller ( CPP ) . Testing and adjusting the new propeller system occupied the ship through January 1974 . After further acoustic trials near Seattle in February and two days as plane guard for " Hancock " in early March , " Barbey " embarked the Commander , Destroyer Squadron 13 , on 8 March for the joint U . S . - Canadian Navy exercise COMPTUEX 2B - 74 . During the next six days , the destroyer escort stood by to rescue pilots from . She returned to San Diego for upkeep and minor repairs which included the installation of a steel ball 35 - feet in diameter on the helo hangar and the correction of an oil leak in the CPP hub . On 2 May , towed her to drydock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for ten days of further repairs to her CPP . On 16 May , she returned to San Diego for local operations that included plane guarding for . In late June , " Barbey " joined for three days of operations near Seattle before returning to San Diego on the 28th . On 12 July , the destroyer escort departed the west coast for several weeks of refresher training in Hawaii , her crew honing their antisubmarine warfare skills en route . On 30 August , following her return to San Diego , " Barbey " lost all of the blades of the CPP during tests and had to be towed by to Long Beach Naval Shipyard . Redesignation . During the first six months of 1975 , the warship reinstalled the CPP and subjected the new propeller to extensive trials at sea . During late May and early June , she interrupted this routine to undergo refresher training at Pearl Harbor prior to returning to San Diego . On 30 June 1975 , " Barbey " and all other destroyer escort s were reclassified frigates , and she was redesignated FF - 1088 . Local operations , training , and upkeep kept the ship busy until 17 November when she commenced removal of the equipment associated with CNO project DS 523 ( the 35 - foot ball ) . During the first five days of December , " Barbey " conducted sonar sound trials and engineering drills before serving as an engineering and ASW school for most of the ensuing two weeks . On 6 January 1976 , the warship entered drydock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for repairs and modifications which primarily entailed the removal of the experimental CPP in favor of a standard , fixed - blade propeller . Following sea trials and deperming , " Barbey " conducted refresher training from 26 April to 7 May , then returned to San Diego for a month of preparation for upcoming inspections and tests . She completed a combat readiness test in mid - June before participating in readiness exercises in the eastern Pacific during the last week in June . Tests , inspections , and training in preparation for her upcoming Pacific deployment consumed the entire month of July . On the 30th , the frigate embarked a detachment of ASW helicopters and got underway accompanied by , , , , , and . " Barbey " took part in the exercise Comptuex 1 - 77 in the Hawaiian Islands and then put in at Pearl Harbor from the 12th to the 17th . During the frigate ’ s passage to the Philippines , her crew guided the ship through multi - ship ASW exercises and various tactical drills . Following her arrival at Subic Bay on 6 September , nearly three weeks of intensive upkeep readied the warship for the combined Exercise " Kangaroo II " with the Australians off the east coast of Australia from 12 to 25 October . She visited Geelong , Australia during the first week of November before returning to Subic Bay for upkeep and replenishment until 11 December . The remainder of the deployment primarily involved exercises in the South China Sea . In December , the warship articipated in ASW exercises , Exercise “ Multiplex 1 - 77 ” and missile exercises , returned to Subic Bay for upkeep , and then closed out the year with a liberty call at Hong Kong . In mid - January 1977 , " Barbey " served as plane guard for " Enterprise " during readiness exercises . Three weeks of upkeep and replenishment at Guam and briefings at Kaohsiung , Taiwan , preceded the ship ’ s participation in the Exercise “ Sharkhunt XX ” in late February . Following a brief liberty at Kaohsiung and a sojourn at Subic Bay , the frigate returned to San Diego , where she arrived on 21 March . During the first two weeks of June , the warship sailed to the Pacific northwest for tactical exercises and a goodwill visit to Portland , Oreg . With the exception of a brief respite at Aberdeen , Wash . , in mid - October , she remained in or near San Diego for the remainder of the year engaging in various exercises and drills designed to maintain the ship in a high state of readiness . On 23 January 1978 , " Barbey " commenced an eleven - month overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard , which became her homeport while the overhaul lasted . During the overhaul , the warship received a Harpoon missile system among the improvements to her combat systems and engineering plant . In late November and early December , " Barbey " conducted sea trials to assess her engineering and sonar capabilities . Upkeep , training , and drills occupied the ship through the first half of 1979 culminating in the successful completion of her operational propulsion plant examination ( OPPE ) in late June . In July , the ship underwent refresher training until a problem with the emergency diesel generator forced her to return to San Diego for another overhaul on the 27th . Upon completion of the overhaul on 24 September until mid - October , " Barbey " participated in fleet exercises which she interrupted for a brief liberty at New Westminster , British Columbia . Following a month of upkeep at San Diego , she completed readiness exercises in November , including a combat systems readiness test , and the Exercise “ Comptuex 1 - 80 ” in early December as a prelude to her upcoming Pacific deployment . On 11 January 1980 , the frigate set sail for Pearl Harbor where she concluded a week of training before continuing west to join the 7th Fleet at the end of the month . The warship enjoyed upkeep at Yokosuka and Subic Bay during February and visited Singapore and Thailand while serving as an escort for Amphibious Readiness Group ( ARG ) “ Alfa ” during operations in the Indian Ocean in March and April . After putting in at Diego Garcia Island on 5 May , " Barbey " began the return voyage to San Diego which included stops at Fremantle , Australia ; Subic Bay , Guam , and Pearl Harbor . After arriving at San Diego on 12 July , she resumed the usual routine of upkeep , availability , inspections , and training during the remainder of 1980 . In June 1990 " Barbey " sailed from her homeport of San Diego on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Persian Gulf . During her transit to the Western Pacific she made port visits in Hawaii , the Philippines , Singapore and Penang Maylasia . She arrived at her destination on 1 August 1990 . The " Barbey " and her crew transitioned from a peacetime deployment in a moderate threat environment , to a wartime deployment when the forces of Iraq , under the orders of Saddam Hussein , invaded the Emirate of Kuwait . The " Barbey " , and her sailing mate for the transit , the USS " England " , were immediately employed in Naval Operations to enforce the sanctions specified by UN Resolutions . During her deploymnet in the AG the USS " Barbey " and her embarked helicopter detachment , HSL - 35 " Magus 32 " provided support for the UN Resolutions and performed more surface ship interdiction intercepts than any other fleet unit in the AG during the period . Throughout the build up of forces in support of Operation Desert Shield , " Barbey " s assets were utilized in interdiction and escort operations until she was relieved by the USS " Marvin Shields " . Upon detaching from COMMIDEASTFOR she made her way back home with stops in the Philippines , Hong Kong and Hawaii . The " Barbey " arrived in San Diego on 21 December 1990 and commenced a repair availability . In April 1991 the " Barbey " deployed in support of Law Enforcement and Drug Interdiction Operations to the coast of Baja California and Central Mexico . During this period " Barbey " s crew and her embarked Helicopter detachment SH2 - F " Sea Snake 11 " conducted three at sea rescues , of which , two were from merchant ships of foreign registry . Upon completion of her LEO assignment the USS " Barbey " participated in several fleet exercises and then entered another repair availability . " Barbey " was decommissioned on 20 March 1992 and struck from the Navy list on 11 January 1995 . She was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program , foreign military sale to Taiwan on 29 September 1999 , where she served as ROCS " Hwai Yang " ( FFG - 937 ) .