USS Robert Brazier (DE-345) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. Post-war, she returned home with one battle star to her credit. Robert Brazier was named for Robert Boyd Brazier, a gunner aboard a torpedo plane who was killed during the Battle of Midway and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Robert Brazier was laid down 16 November 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Texas; launched 22 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Celia Brazier, mother of Aviation Radioman Brazier; and commissioned 18 May 1944; Lt. Comdr. Donald D. Snyder, Jr., USNR, in command.
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