Editing USS Barbero (section)

===World War II===
''Barbero''{{'}}s war operations span the period from 9 August 1944– 2 January 1945, during which she completed two war patrols. She is credited with sinking three Japanese merchant ships totaling 9,126 tons while patrolling in the Java and South China Seas.

''Barbero'' embarked on her first war patrol from [[Naval Base Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 9 August 1944.  She reached her patrol area, located east of the central [[Philippines]] off San Bernardino Strait, on 24 August. Though she had been stationed there to report and to interdict any attempt by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] to use the strait to contest the [[Palau Islands campaign|Allied invasion of the Palau Islands]], they tried no such move. Moreover, during the 31 days that she spent in the area, she encountered no large target. The high point of the patrol came when ''Barbero'' lobbed 25 rounds at a radar station on [[Batag Island Lighthouse|Batag Island]] with her [[5"/25 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[deck gun]]. Though she obtained no definite results, her failure to detect radar activity the following night prompted her claim to have neutralized the station. The submarine cleared the area on 24 September 1944 and headed for [[western Australia]], concluding a disappointing 56-day patrol at [[Fremantle]] on 4 October.

After refit and a brief training period, ''Barbero'' departed Fremantle on her second war patrol on 26 October. On this patrol, Comdr. Hartman also assumed command of a coordinated attack group (nicknamed a [[wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]) consisting of ''Barbero'', {{USS|Haddo|SS-255|2}}, and {{USS|Redfin|SS-272|2}}. The first phase of this two-part patrol lasted from 26 October until 15 November. It was conducted in the [[Makassar Strait]] and in the area west of [[Mindoro]]. On 2 November, after a lively passage of [[Lombok Strait]] during which picket boats and [[shore batteries]] fired on her, ''Barbero'' sank her first ship, a 2,700-ton [[Troopship|troop transport]]. On 8 November, she sent a 7,500-ton [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] to the bottom during a coordinated attack on a small convoy (consisting of submarine chasers {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-7|1938|2}} and ''CH-8'' escorting oilers ''Shimotsu Maru'' and ''Nichinan Maru No. 2'') carried out in cooperation with ''Redfin''. ''Redfin'' received credit for sinking the other tanker in the convoy.

Following a three-day stop at [[Mios Woendi]] to rearm with [[torpedo]]es and perform minor upkeep, ''Barbero'' embarked on the second portion of the patrol. This longer phase lasted from 18 November 1944 to 2 January 1945 and was conducted in the [[South China Sea]] northeast of [[Borneo]]. On 24 December in an attack on an escorted four-ship [[convoy]], a 7,500-ton gasoline tanker was sunk and a second tanker grossing about 5,000 tons was damaged. On Christmas Day, the submarine sank a 4,000-ton Japanese cargo ship. On 27 December, while she attempted the perilous repassage of Lombok Strait, fragments from an aerial bomb that narrowly missed ''Barbero'' close aboard aft damaged her port [[reduction gear]]. The damage forced her to cover the distance remaining to Fremantle on a single screw, and put her out of action for the remainder of the war. In 68 days away from Fremantle, Barbero returned having sunk four ships totalling 21,700 tons and claiming damage to a fifth of 5,000 tons.