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Contact Info
Last Address Wheeling
Date of Passing Dec 07, 2003
Location of Interment Parkview Memorial Gardens - Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Last Known Activity:
USS Laboon DDG 58
Other Comments:
Nice quiet guy and a hard worker. Shawn T. Barry, 21, went to his grandparents' side on Sunday, December 7, 2003. A resident of Vista Avenue, Wheeling, he was born on September 18, 1982 in Wheeling, the son of Daniel K. and Eleanor L. Bechtel Barry. He was a 2001 graduate of Wheeling Central Catholic High School. He joined the U.S. Navy in June 2001 serving as a Fire Control Technician stationed aboard the USS Laboon DDG 58 in Norfolk, VA. He was also a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Wheeling. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Ed and Betty Barry, his maternal grandmother, Eleanor (Lally) Bechtel, and an uncle, David Hedger. Surviving in addition to his parents are three sisters, Jennifer L. Barry, Stephanie M. Barry, and Allison R. Barry all at home. His maternal grandfather, Joseph P. Bechtel; uncles and aunts, Bill and Theresa Barry, Ed and Joyce Rose, Judie Hedger, Sue Eberhard, Joe Bechtel, Tom Bechtel, Mark and Donna Kemp, Mitch and Beth Carp and Ed and Mary Jo McGinley, and numerous cousins. "If we cannot give him honor, while he's here to praise, then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days. Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper might say, "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING FOR A VETERAN DIED TODAY!"
NEC FC-1143-AEGIS Fire Control System MK99/Operational Test System MK1 Tech
Base, Station or City Norfolk
State/Country Virginia
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USS Laboon (DDG-58) Details
USS Laboon honors the distinguished career of Captain John Francis "Jake" Laboon, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy. Known to most simply as "Father Jake", he devoted his life to service to God, Country, and the Navy. His courage and genuine concern for all his shipmates was then, is now, and will forever remain an extraordinary example for young Sailors and Marines everywhere.
Keel Laid: March 23, 1992
Christened: February 20, 1993
Commissioned: March 18, 1995
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two five bladed propellers
Length: 505 feet
Beam: 67 feet
Draft: 30 feet
Displacement: approx. 8,300 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations
Armament: two Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk; Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun, two Phalanx CIWS, Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
Homeport: Norfolk, VA
Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted