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DE-104
USS BREEMAN

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Dravo, Wilmington DE on 20 March 1943, Launched 4 September 1943
Commissioned 12 December 1943, Decommissioned 26 April 1946
Stricken 22 December 1948
Fate: to China 29 October 1948, renamed Tai Hu (F-25)
escaped with Nationalist Forces to Taiwan, stricken in December 1972,
hulk used as fill in pier ramp construction
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USS BREEMAN 24k unknown Terry Dobmeyer
View the Breeman (DE-104)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None Located
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