USS Brown (DD-546)
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Brown (DD-546) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for George Brown, a seaman on the crew of USS Intrepid during the raid that destroyed the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor during the First Barbary War. Entering service in 1943 during World War II, the ship saw active service until 1962 when she was decommissioned and sold to Greece. Renamed Navarinon, the destroyer was active until 1981 when she was sold for scrap.
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USS Brown in 1958 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Brown |
Namesake | George Brown |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 27 June 1942 |
Launched | 21 February 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Claude O. Kell |
Commissioned | 10 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1946 |
Recommissioned | 27 October 1950 |
Decommissioned | 9 February 1962 |
Stricken | 1 September 1975 |
Identification | DD-546 |
Fate | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 27 September 1962 |
Greece | |
Name | Navarinon |
Acquired | 27 September 1962 |
Stricken | 1981 |
Identification | D63 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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