USS Brister
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Brister |
Namesake | Robert Earl Brister (missing in action) |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 14 June 1943 |
Launched | 24 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Blanche Brister, mother of ensign Brister |
Commissioned | 30 November 1943 |
Reclassified | 21 July 1956 as DER-327 |
Stricken | 23 September 1968 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3 November 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
Beam | 36 ft 7 in (11.15 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Brister (DE/DER-327) was an
Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy
.
Namesake
Robert E. Brister was born on 4 May 1920 in
United States Naval Reserve in 1941 and was commissioned an Ensign in 1942. He was officially reported missing in action 2 May 1942 when USS Cythera, on which he was serving, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-402
off the coast of North Carolina.
Built in Orange, Texas
Brister was laid down on 14 June 1943 at
launched on 24 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Blanche Brister, mother of Ensign Brister; and commissioned
on 30 November 1943.
World War II operations
Between June 1944 and June 1945, Brister made two successful trans-
Pacific, arriving at San Diego
on 3 July 1945.
Brister departed
Mediterranean, arriving there on 30 May. Brister then reported for inactivation and went out of commission in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida
, on 4 October 1946.
Conversion to radar picket ship
On 1 September 1955 Brister commenced conversion to a
Atlantic Fleet
for duty.
While assigned to
North Vietnamese trawler attempting to smuggle arms and ammunition into the country.[1]
Brister was stricken 23 September 1968.
3 November 1971: Sold for scrapping to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Citations
- ^ Larzelere, pp. 62–65
References used
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Larzelere, Alex (1997). The Coast Guard at War, Vietnam, 1965–1975. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-55750-529-3.
External links
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