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USS Brister (DE-327)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: N H S E
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "SWITZERLAND"

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CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (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 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

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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

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Fate: Sources Differ
(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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	77k	June 1945		US Navy photo
	48k	undated wartime image		US Navy photo
	95k	entering Guam, Nov 1961		Ron Tone
	35k	in drydock, Nov 1961		Ron Tone
	93k	October 1968, Pearl Harbor Hawaii.		© Richard Leonhardt.

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View the USS Brister (DE-327), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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None Located

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