A destroyer built in the 1950s is heading from the Washington Navy Yard to an inactive ship depot in Philadelphia. (Twitter/Sam Harper)A destroyer built in the 1950s is heading from the Washington Navy Yard to an inactive ship depot in Philadelphia. towing through the water,” said Lt. Luke J. Adams, the officer in charge of port operations at the Navy Yard. The former USS Barry, once a Navy destroyer, is towed down the Potomac River on its way to a ship graveyard at the former Navy base in Philadelphia. At 7:38 a.m. Saturday, three powder-blue tugboats backed the former USS Barry away from Pier 2 at the Washington Navy Yard and into the Anacostia River for its final voyage.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2016 14:59 UTC