USS Breeman

Coordinates: 23°45′00″N 128°35′00″E / 23.75000°N 128.58333°E / 23.75000; 128.58333
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History
United States
NameUSS Breeman (DE-104)
NamesakeGeorge Breeman
BuilderDravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down20 March 1943
Launched4 September 1943
Commissioned12 December 1943
Decommissioned26 April 1946
Stricken22 December 1948
FateTransferred to China 29 October 1948
History
Taiwan
NameROCS Taihu (太湖) (DE-24)[1][2]
Acquired29 October 1948
Out of serviceDecember 1972
FateStricken and scrapped, December 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeCannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement1,240 tons
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11.2 m)
Draft8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Range10,800 nmi. at 12 knots
Complement15 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament

USS Breeman (DE-104) was a

Cannon class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1948, she was sold to Taiwan
, where she served as Taihu (太湖) until 1972.

History

United States Navy (1943–1948)

The ship was named for George Breeman, a Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during a turret explosion on USS Kearsarge (BB-5).

Breeman (DE-104) was laid down on 20 March 1943 at the

Norfolk Navy Yard
; and commissioned there on 12 December 1943.

The

antisubmarine support for transatlantic convoys. Though Breeman appears to have taken no direct part in the attacks, the task group accounted for at least two U-boats before entering Casablanca on 8 March. The destroyer escort put to sea with the Block Island task group again on 12 March. On the 19th, planes from Block Island sank German submarine U-1059
, and Breeman assisted in the rescue of the U-boat's survivors.

Breeman and

Casco Bay, Maine
.

On 21 June, the destroyer escort headed south to the vicinity of Bermuda where she joined TG 22.10—another hunter-killer group built around

Card (CVE-11). Once again, the task group attacked a number of sonar contacts and sank at least one U-boat. Breeman, however, shared none of the credit for the sinking. The warship returned to New York late in August and, after repairs, conducted training at Casco Bay in early September. On 18 September, she rejoined the Card task group near Bermuda for further training. Soon thereafter, Breeman suffered propeller damage that forced her to return to the New York Navy Yard. She completed repairs by 23 October, and put to sea that same day for torpedo training at the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, and in Casco Bay. On 24 November the destroyer escort and the rest of CortDiv 48 joined company with Card once again to form TG 22.2. For about a month, the warship trained in anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) tactics in the waters surrounding Bermuda. She returned to New York on 29 December.

Breeman rejoined TG 22.2 on 12 January 1945 to act as plane guard and escort during carrier qualifications off

Bogue (CVE-9) in shaping a course for Norfolk. In late February and early March, Breeman returned to sea with a hunter-killer group built around Bogue for a fruitless search for German weather submarines purportedly operating to the south of Iceland
. She and the rest of her task group entered New York on 17 March. During the first part of April, the destroyer escort conducted training at New London as a unit of a hunter-killer group built around Card. Between 15 April and 5 May, that task group hunted for submarines off the Virginia capes. Later, in May, Breeman moved north to Quonset Point where she served as a plane guard during carrier qualifications.

In mid-August, the warship joined

Port Everglades, Florida
. Once again plane guard operations occupied her time during the visit to the Florida coast.

On 2 October, however, she headed north once again. At the New York Navy Yard, Breeman began the inactivation process. That phase lasted until 13 November when she got underway for Florida again. On 16 November, the destroyer escort arrived in

Atlantic Reserve Fleet
.

Tai Hu anchored, date unknown

Republic of China Navy (1948–1972)

She remained there until 29 October 1948 at which time she was transferred to the Nationalist Chinese government based on Taiwan. She was commissioned in their Navy as Taihu (太湖) (DE-24).[1][2] Her name was struck from the Navy list on 22 December 1948.

On 12 May 1954, She joined the fleet executing the

Prezydent Gottwald with 7,066 tons of general cargo at 23°45′00″N 128°35′00″E / 23.75000°N 128.58333°E / 23.75000; 128.58333, east of Batanes Islands and south of Okinawa Island in the west Pacific Ocean, whereas 33 Polish sailors and 12 Chinese sailors were first detained in Keelung then Zuoying with various time frames of releases, executions, death or imprisonment up to 34 years of captivity.[3][4]

Honors

Breeman earned one

battle star for World War II
service.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1972–1973. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. p. 311.
  2. ^ a b "Breeman (6114828)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ Lin Hong-yi (2009). "Chapter 4，1953-1960" (PDF). Blockade on Chinese mainland coast – ROC's Guanbi policy, 1949-1960 (M.D. thesis) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). National Chengchi University.
  4. ISBN 9780765600530
    .

References

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