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Brant (ARS 32)



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Tare - Uncle

ex-AT-132
ex- AM-24
ex-Minesweeper No. 24

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 December 1917 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 30 May 1918; Commissioned USS Brant (Minesweeper No. 24), 5 September 1918; Designated AM-24, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Fleet Tug, AT-132, 1 June 1942; Reclassified as a Salvage Ship, ARS-32, 1 September 1942; Decommissioned, 19 December 1945 at the New York Navy Yard; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 August 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 73; Armament two 3" (as AM-24), 20mm or smaller (as ARS); Propulsion two 200psi Babcock and Wilcox header boilers, one 1,400shp Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp. verticle triple expansion engine,
one shaft.

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USS Brant (AM 24)
Brant 45k . Bob Thomasson
Partridge/Brant 185k "Red Lead Row," San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant. Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified.
U.S. Navy photo NH 42539 		Naval Historical Center
USS Brant (AT 132)
Brant 137k c. June 1942.
Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Wearing camouflage scheme Measure 12 (modified).
National Archives Photo 		Joe Radigan
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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