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USS BRUSH (DD-745)


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 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 125kUSS Brush (DD 745) on May 4, 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical MuseumDarryl Baker
Brush 63kUSS Brush coming alongside the USS Lexington (CV-16) January 25, 1945. Photo 80-G-299871.Tracy White
Brush 228kJune 1956, location unknown.Ed Zajkowski
Brush 97kUSS Brush (DD-745), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Wedderburn (DD-684) and USS Worden (DLG-18) nested with an unknown tender in Subic Bay, P.I. in late January 1966.Larry Backus
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.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR John E. Edwards    Apr 17 1944 - May 1945 (Later RADM)
CDR John Victor Smith    May 1945 - Sep 1946 (Later VADM)
CDR Samuel Pemberton Moncure    Sep 1946 - May 1947
CDR John W. Geist    May 1947 - Sep 1948
CDR Henry Ludwig Waliszewski    Sep 1948 - May 1 1950
CDR Fletcher L. Sheffield Jr.    May 1 1950 - Jul 1951
CDR Nelson Payne Watkins    Jul 1951 - Jul 1952
CDR Donald F.Quigley    Jul 1952 - May 1954
CDR Albert G. Capps    May 1954 - Jan 21 1955
CDR William Burgess Whitehurst    Jan 21 1955 - Feb 27 1957
CDR Fred William Pump Jr.    Feb 27 1957 - Jul 1958
CDR Joseph Edward Gould    Jul 1958 - Dec 1958
LCDR G. C. Hann    Dec 1958 - Feb 1959
CDR Leo Thomas Howard    Feb 1959 - Aug 1960
CDR Marshall J. Gates    Aug 1960 - Aug 3 1962
CDR John A. D'Zamba    Aug 3 1962 - Jul 1964
CDR John W. Hulihan    Jul 1964 - Nov 1965
CDR R. L. Alford    Nov 1965 - Jul 1968
CDR Curtis R. Norton Jr.    Jul 1968 - Oct 27 1969

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.


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