| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 161 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 27 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 20 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 Oct 1943 |
| End service | 22 Mar 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 22 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Barber (DE 161)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Eugene Thomas Bradley Sullivan, USN | 10 Oct 1943 | Nov 1944 |
| 2 | D‘Arcy Virginius Shouldice, USNR | Nov 1944 |
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Notable events involving Barber include:
26 Apr 1944
German U-boat U-488 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic west of Cape Verde in position 17°54'N, 38°05'W by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Frost, USS Huse, USS Barber and USS Snowden.
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