USS Algol
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USS
James Barnes was an Andromeda class attack ship laid
down by Moore Dry Dock Company in Oakland in December
1942. She was launched in February 1943 and commissioned
as USS Algol November that same year. She was assigned
to the Pacific and was part of Task Unit 78.11 in 1945
supplying troops in the Philippines and the Japanese
Islands until the end of World War Two. At the outbreak
of the Korean War in 1950 she transported parts of US
Marines 1st Division as part of the Inchon Invasion and
participated with support until 1953. She earned
herself Two Battle Stars for service in World War
Two, and another five Battle Stars in the Korean War.
She continued her service in the Pacific until she was
transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in November 1961 and
took part of the embargo against Cuba in 1962. She was
decommissioned July 1970, and stricken from the US Navy
ship lists in January 1977. She was transferred to
state of New Jersey and scuttled as an artificial reef
22. November 1991. The
wreck rest today east of Point Pleasant Beach, standing on
her keel like a classic Donald Duck wreck on a depth of 22
to 40 meter.
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| 40°07'36.8"N 73°39'23.0"W  Picture: USS Algol Courtesy of US Navy,Public domain Last updated: December 2020 |
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