- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
The USS Barker is one of the American Clemson-class destroyers that will be available to all participants of the naval closed beta testing. Her small size, high speed and deadly armaments allow her to effectively hunt both smaller vessels as well as support larger ships in battle.
Briefly: A ship of the American Clemson-class destroyers, featuring great mobility, fast-firing cannons and hard-hitting torpedoes in a compact package.
Laid down in April 1919, the USS Barker was part of the second production batch of the Clemson-class destroyers. She was completed by September of the same year and entered service with the U.S. Navy in December. In the interwar period, USS Barker visited several Turkish and Middle Eastern ports, before joining the Asiatic Fleet in the early 1920s. She cruised the Asiatic waters as well as performing patrols off the coast of Nicaragua before carrying out several visits to European ports in the late ‘20s. USS Barker was kept in the Asian theatre as part of the Asiatic Fleet until 1941, when the United States officially entered WW2 following the Pearl Harbour raid.
At the time of the raid on Pearl Harbour, USS Barker had been stationed on Borneo. Following the outbreak of hostilities between the U.S. and Japan, Barker undertook several patrol and escort missions around Borneo and the Dutch East Indies. Patrol and escort duties comprised most of USS Barker’s routine whilst stationed in the Pacific. In 1943 however, USS Barker was assigned to the Atlantic theatre as part of a hunter killer group. Despite this, the USS Barker rarely engaged in direct combat. Instead, she’s defined by her efforts of saving the lives of dozens of German sailors, who were lucky enough to survive the sinking of their vessel. From 1944 until the end of the war, Barker was mostly relegated to convoy escort duties in the Caribbean and Newfoundland. After the end of WW2, USS Barker was decommissioned and sold for scrap in November 1945, marking the end of her 26-year service period.
In War Thunder, USS Barker will be a researchable destroyer of the third rank of the American naval tree, available to all participants of the closed beta testing of naval forces. Unlike the Fletcher-class that shares the same rank, future captains of the Barker will need to have more modest expectations from Clemson-class destroyers, as they were designed during WW1. However, their small size, high speed and excellent maneuverability make them exceptionally great MTB hunters and support ships.
The USS Barker is equipped with a primary armament consisting of four single batteries of 4’’ (102 mm) cannons. Though these are spread out evenly along the ship’s deck allowing for good firing angles, it’s impossible to get all four guns to bare on a target due to the arrangement of the two center-mounted cannons next to the funnels. This drawback is somewhat compensated by the cannons’ excellent rate of fire, however. In addition to the primary armament, the Barker is also equipped with two single 20mm anti-air cannons, capable of providing the ship with at least some form of protection against aerial threats, as well as a single 3’’ (76.2mm) cannon on the stern of the ship, acting as AA gun.
Compensating for the Barker’s complete lack of armor protection is a maximum top speed of 30 kts (56 kph) as well as excellent maneuverability. Aspiring captains of the Barker are highly advised to use the ship’s mobility to outflank unsuspecting larger opponents, such as light cruisers, to deploy a spread of 533mm Mk.XV torpedoes from either one of the four launchers present on the ship. The good mobility should also be taken advantage of when getting out of unfavorable battle situations as the Barker with its 150 sailors cannot sustain a prolonged battering from enemy fire.
Although the USS Barker doesn’t seem like an attractive first choice for you to take out in battle, it may surprise the occasional captain with its performance, so be sure to give it a try in the closed beta testing on the next best occasion. Who knows, maybe the USS Barker is just the ship for you after all?
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Comments (43)
Okay cool, another ship, but where is the summer sale??? It's June 26th already.
There was already a summer sale started on Steam for War Thunder, if that's what you are asking about.
Millzey, I believe what _LaiLai_ is referring to is the Gaijin store Summer sale. Which last year started on June 22nd.
war thunder when will the scharnhorst & Gneisenau be added
gunbus, they are BB's and were currently at Light Cruisers the next class will be heavy cruiser example; Graf Spee , Prinz Eugen.
yeas it must be in game!
We don't want to see more boring low tier stuff Gaijoob. We want Heavy Cruisers and Battleships! With massive maps !
They gotta get this in and work their way up! Currently I'm having a lot of fun with the naval CBT so it should get better from here.
Sure, let's make anything smaller than a destroyer entirely irrelevant, destoyers should be the largest ships with more Corvettes and frigates being added, cursiers are too big, their armor means boats physically can not damage them enough to be competitive
Sooo... WW1 anyone?
Would be sweet to have in the future.
This is a nice ship for sure, but might I ask what's the point? It's basically the same as USS Litchfield. Why not give us USS Hovey or USS Long, which were equipped with dual 102mm gun mounts, so 8 guns in total. That would be more interesting than having two ship that are basically the same.
Plz Fix the server problem :(
There are some Clemson class with twin 102mm gun mount. Any hope for them?
I can't wait to add it to the collection :)
ahh yes the Clemson class, this takes me back to my early World of Warships days. Now i can play this beast in War thunder, hell yea
when the french's fleet win came ?
will *