USS Brush (DD-745)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Charles F. Brush |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 October 1969 |
| Struck: | 27 October 1969 |
| Fate: | sold to Taiwan 9 December 1969 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | ROCS Hsiang Yang (DD-1) |
| Acquired: | 9 December 1969 |
| Reclassified: | DDG-901 |
| Struck: | 1984 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Naval Weapons School, and later broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Allen M. Sumner class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 336 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in./38 guns (12 cm), 12 × 40mm AA guns, 11 × 20mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Brush (DD-745), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Brush, an American inventor and philanthropist.
Brush (DD-745) was launched 28 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Miss Virginia Perkins, great-granddaughter of Charles Brush; and commissioned 17 April 1944, Commander J. E. Edwards in command.
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