USS Barker ( DD - 213 ) USS " Barker " ( DD - 213 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy in World War II , named for Admiral Albert S . Barker . " Barker " was launched 11 September 1919 by William Cramp and Sons , Philadelphia ; sponsored by Mrs . Albert S . Barker widow of Admiral Barker ; and commissioned 27 December 1919 , Lieutenant Commander C . A . Windsor in command . Pre - war service . In June " Barker " sailed to the Middle East to join Division 35 , US Naval Detachment , Turkish Waters . She served for several months with the American Relief of Armenia and visited several ports in Turkey and the Middle East before sailing eastward late in 1921 , to the Orient to commence her four - year tour of duty with the Asiatic Fleet . " Barker " cruised in Philippine and Asiatic waters until departing Manila in May 1925 . In the next two years she served with the Scouting Force on the east coast and patrolled off Nicaragua , 10 – 31 January 1927 , in the second campaign there . Thereafter , she served a two year tour with United States Naval Forces Europe , and carried out several goodwill visits to many European ports . From August 1929 to December 1941 " Barker " was kept on the Asiatic Station and operated with the destroyer divisions of the Asiatic Fleet . In periods of disturbance in China she was engaged in protecting American interests . SS " President Hoover " . In the small hours of December 11 , 1937 the ocean liner ran aground in a typhoon on Kasho - to , east of Formosa . " Barker " was sent from Olongapo Naval Station and was sent from Manila to assist . The two destroyers struggled through heavy seas at only and did not arrive until 1245 hrs the next day , by which time " Hoover " s 330 crew were most of the way through getting their 503 passengers and themselves ashore safely . However , a few of the crew plundered the liner ' s liquor store , got drunk , and once ashore started pursuing some of the women passengers . A party from " Alden " boarded " Hoover " to protect valuables , and landing parties from both " Alden " and " Barker " went ashore to restore order . Second World War . On 7 December 1941 , " Barker " was at Tarakan , Borneo , and upon receipt of the news of the Pearl Harbor attack , immediately commenced patrolling the surrounding area . For the remainder of December and throughout January 1942 , she patrolled and escorted convoys in the Netherlands East Indies . On 9 January 1942 " Barker " was one of five destroyers in an escort composed of the cruisers and , with the other destroyers , , , and departing from Darwin to Surabaya escorting the transport " Bloemfontein " . That transport had been part of the Pensacola Convoy and had left Brisbane 30 December 1941 with Army reinforcements composed of the 26th Field Artillery Brigade and Headquarters Battery , the 1st Battalion , 131st Field Artillery and supplies from that convoy destined for Java . In February " Barker " took part in the abortive attempts to stem the Japanese advance into the Dutch East Indies . She participated in the anti - aircraft actions off Bali ( 4 February 1942 ) and Banka Island ( 15 February ) . " Barker " was damaged by near misses in the action of 15 February , and required emergency repairs . She retired to Exmouth Gulf , Australia , arriving 19 February for repair and overhaul . Between March and May 1942 , " Barker " operated out of Fremantle , Australia , on patrol and escort duty . She then sailed to Tongatapu where she arrived 24 May . Remaining there until 29 June , she then proceeded to Pearl Harbor " via " Samoa and New Caledonia . In August , she proceeded to Mare Island Navy Yard where she underwent overhaul . Between October 1942 and May 1943 , " Barker " escorted convoys between San Francisco , California and Pearl Harbor . She departed San Diego 23 May 1943 for the east coast , arriving at Casco Bay , Maine , 2 June . On 27 June , as a member of the hunter killer TG 21 . 12 ( " Core " group ) , she departed New York to search for enemy submarines in the Atlantic . When was sunk by aircraft from on 13 July , " Barker " rescued 33 survivors . Returning to New York on 1 August , " Barker " departed with the Group on another anti - submarine sweep on 16 August . On 24 August " Core " s aircraft found and sank and . " Barker " rescued 36 survivors of " U - 185 " . Between 6 September 1943 and 1 October 1944 , " Barker " made two trans - Atlantic convoy escort crossings to England and four to North Africa . The remainder of " Barker " s active service was performed as a convoy escort in the Caribbean , to Newfoundland , and along the eastern seaboard of the United States . She arrived at Philadelphia 4 June 1945 , was decommissioned 18 July , and sold 30 November 1945 . Awards . " Barker " received two battle star s for her participation in World War II . As of 2013 , no other US Navy ship has been named " Barker " .