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USS Brister (DE-327), undated wartime image, showing ship in camouflage paint
History
USS BristerUnited States
NameUSS Brister
NamesakeRobert Earl Brister (missing in action)
Ordered1942
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down14 June 1943
Launched24 August 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Blanche Brister, mother of ensign Brister
Commissioned30 November 1943
Reclassified21 July 1956 as DER-327
Stricken23 September 1968
FateSold for scrapping to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3 November 1971
General characteristics
TypeEdsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,590 tons full,
  • 1,200 tons standard
Length306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
Draught12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax
Propulsion
  • 4 FM diesel engines,
  • 4 diesel-generators,
  • 6,000 shp (4.5 MW),
  • 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Range
  • 9,100 nmi. at 12 knots
  • (17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament
  • 3 × 3 in (76 mm) guns (3×1)
  • 2 × 40 mm guns (1×2)
  • 8 × 20 mm cannon (8×1)
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × hedgehog projector
  • 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

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