USS Breeman (DE-104)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Breeman (DE-104) |
| Namesake: | George Breeman |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | 20 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 22 December 1948 |
| Fate: | Transferred to China 29 October 1948 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | ROCS Tai Chong (DE-25) |
| Acquired: | 29 October 1948 |
| Out of service: | December 1972 |
| Fate: | Stricken and scrapped, December 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.2 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 4.5 MW (6,000 shp), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi. at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) • 2 × 40 mm AA guns (1x2) • 8 × 20 mm AA guns (8×1) • 3 × 21 in. torpedo tubes (1×3) • 8 × depth charge projectors • 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) • 2 x depth charge tracks |
USS Breeman (DE-104) was a Cannon class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. The ship was named for George Breeman, a Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during a turret explosion on USS Kearsarge (BB-5).