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DE-1086 USS BREWTON

CLASS - KNOX As Built
Displacement, 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)
Armament, 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range 4500 Nm@20 knts, Crew, 288 (17 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on October 2 1970.
Launched July 24 1971.
Commissioned July 8 1972.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1086) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned August 7 1992.
Fate To Taiwan August 7 1992.
Renamed Fong Yang.
Still in service.

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Brewton 125k Undated. USN / Mark Lookabaugh.
Brewton 30k Undated. USN
Brewton 40k Undated. USN / Mark Lookabaugh.
Brewton 67k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Brewton 55k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS BREWTON DE-1086 History
Not available at this time
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

See Brewton Web Page Below
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
http://www.telepath.com/mlookaba/navy.htm USS Brewton Web Site By My Good Friend Mark Lookabaugh.

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