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USS Brister
Edsall-class destroyer escort / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Brister (DE/DER-327) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy.
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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 |
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Type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
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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 |
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Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
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