Baretta Baretta Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975–78. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–74 ABC series, "Toma", starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as "Baretta", with Robert Blake in the title role. "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," the show's theme music was composed by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames and sung by Sammy Davis Jr. Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta is an unorthodox plainclothes police detective (Badge #609) with the
USS Baretta (AN-41) Gavutu Harbor near Guadalcanal on the 26th. She remained there until getting underway on 4 September to rejoin Task Group 32.6. After taking position in the convoy, "Baretta" proceeded toward the Palau Islands. The convoy reached Peleliu on 18 September, three days after the initial landings there. After receiving instructions near Orange Beach, "Baretta" escorted "LST-661" to Kossol Passage, arriving on 22 September. There, she took on board the men and equipment of the fleet post office to be established at Peleliu. Underway again on 24 September, she reached that island later in the day and transferred her passengers to