USS BARTON (DD-722)

USS Barton (DD-722) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer commissioned into the United States Navy in December 1943. During World War II, she participated in the Normandy landings on D-Day, providing crucial naval gunfire support at Omaha Beach. Barton later served in the Pacific Theater, supporting operations at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and survived a devastating kamikaze attack in April 1945. After the war, she continued service during the Korean War and Cold War before being decommissioned in 1972.