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DD-745 USS BRUSH


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NKMX

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PONTIAC

CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built.
Displacement 3218 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 2" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 3300 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island NY July 30 1943.
Launched December 28 1943 and commissioned April 17 1944.
Decommissioned October 27 1969.
Stricken October 27 1969.
To Taiwan December 9 1969, renamed Hsiang Yang.
Fate Stricken in 1984 and transferred to Naval Weapons School and then broken up for scrap.
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Brush 68kCharles Francis Brush, a physicist, inventor, and manufacturer, was born in Euclid, Ohio, 17 March 1849. In 1878, after successful experimentation with electric lighting, he produced the electric arc light which bears his name. In 1880 he founded the Brush Electric Co., which became the owner of his numerous patents in the filed of electric lighting. He died at Cleveland, Ohio, 15 June 1929.Bill Gonyo
Brush 95kArtist's conception of the Brush as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Brush 29kUndated, location unknown.-
Brush 29kUndated War time image. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d.-
Brush 46kUndated post card image.Al Kaplan
Brush 61kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Brush 63kUSS Brush coming alongside the USS Lexington (CV-16) January 25, 1945. Photo 80-G-299871.Tracy White
Brush 29kShips patch.Mike Smolinski
On Taiwanese Service
Brush 49kUndated, location unknown.Perry Huang
Brush 55kUndated, location unknown.Perry Huang
Brush 29kUndated, location unknown.Perry Huang
USS BRUSH DD-745 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: John Larney
Address: PO Box 153, Medway, MA 02053
Phone: (508) 935-8929
E-mail: J.Larney@comcast.net

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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