USS Brush
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Brush (DD-745), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Brush, an American inventor and philanthropist.
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USS Brush underway on 22 May 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Brush |
Namesake | Charles F. Brush |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor |
Laid down | 30 July 1943 |
Launched | 28 December 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Virginia Perkins |
Commissioned | 17 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 October 1969 |
Stricken | 27 October 1969 |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 9 December 1969 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Hsiang Yang |
Acquired | 9 December 1969 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1970 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-1 |
Reclassified |
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Decommissioned | 1 September 1984 |
Stricken | 1984 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Installed power | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 propellers; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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