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DE- 327 USS BRISTER

CLASS - Edsall
Displacement 1,250 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' x 10' 5" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 SHP; 4 Fairbanks Morse Model 38d81/8 Geared Diesel Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX 14 June 1943, Launched 24 August 1943
Commissioned 30 November 1943, Decomissioned 4 October 1946
Reclassified and converted to DER-327, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 2 July 1956, Decommissioned (?)
Stricken 23 September 1968
Fate Sources Differ on Fate.
(3 sources state) Sold for scrap 15 December 1971, broken up in Taiwan
(1 source states) Transfered to South Vietnam, 1971, captured and not returned to service.

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Brister 77k Undated, war time image. USN
Brister 48k Undated, War Time Image. USN
Brister 95k entering Guam, Nov 1961 Ron Tone
Brister 35k in drydock, Nov 1961 Ron Tone
Brister 93k October 1968, Pearl Harbor Hawaii. © Richard Leonhardt.
Brister 62k ship's patch Mike Smolinski
Brister 22k ship's patch Mike Smolinski

USS BRISTER DE- 327 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

NONE LOCATED
Contact Name: NONE
Address: NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail:NONE


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