- 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)
Gaijin! 2 things. 1: There is a bug where u cant zoom out once you zoom in. Then after a couple times, you get permanently stuck in full zoom mode. Fix it plz! Its getting annoying. 2: Is it possible to allow for 3d decorations? I would like to put a life buoy and an anchor on my boat.
You are going to the forum to submit bugs in the specified format, not here.
I have a question about the naval side of war thunder, will the ability to command different weapon systems and/or your damage control crews by voice command be added? such as the ability to tell your anti-aircraft guns to fire at a specific aircraft or fire a spread in a certain direction or have them fire a field of fire all around the ship in an anti-aircraft net, or have your damage control crews stand by for a specific task, such as have them ready to prevent flooding, fire, and/or be ready
to repair damage if you know your about to sustain that kind of damage, such as a torpedo is about to strike your ship, or a bomb is about to land on you, or even have your secondary armament fire at one or more targets, while your aa guns fire at a singular or multiple incoming aircraft, and even have each of your main cannons targeting one or more hostile ships. etc.
LSPRaven, Also, what about the possibly of having the ability to have your aa guns and/or secondary guns fire at and able to destroy incoming torpedoes.
i have a question: after the CBT ends will we keep our progress or will it be wiped?
Will be wiped, it was also announced in one of the Devblogs or are you blind?
Read the CBT news. It will be wiped amd you will get compensated for certain things.
After playing the Clemson class DDs I feel like they could use a lower br. They don't really compete that well with the other dds.
Where....do......I......apply......for......Naval......CBT
You can get more information for Naval CBT from the following page: https://warthunder.com/en/news/5602-fleet-the-first-wave-of-naval-cbt-invites-en Hope this helps!
DeathVeteran, I want to apply, NOT BUY ONE OF GAIJOOB'S $50 NAVAL PACKS
Anybody else experiencing this? Hits not showing up on shooting down planes. (no smoke) Then att the end of the round,getting credit for shooting down a plane.
IJN ships? No? ok...
read the last fleet information news.
Where's my french ships? I don't care if it's a single premium destroyer like the Terrible but please at least give us a French premium!
We need bigger than light cruisers
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