USS Braine
USS Braine (DD-630), South Pacific, 1944.
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Daniel L. Braine |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 11 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 1971 |
| Struck: | 17 August 1971 |
| Motto: | Combat Ready |
| Fate: | transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 |
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 Argentina
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| Name: | Almirante Domecq Garcia (D23) |
| Commissioned: | 17 August 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 November 1982 |
| Struck: | 30 November 1982 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 19 November 1986 |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 329 |
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USS Braine (DD-630), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), who served in the Civil War and explored the Arctic.
Braine was launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel L. Braine, wife of a grandson of Rear Admiral Braine, and commissioned 11 May 1943, Commander J. F. Newman, Jr., in command.
Departing the United States east coast in the summer of 1943, Braine sailed via San Francisco to Pearl Harbor as an escort for troop transports. She then proceeded directly to Wake Island where she participated in its bombing and bombardment (5–6 October 1943). Between 1 and 3 November, Braine took part in the initial landings in Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. During the following two months, she escorted resupply echelons to the Bougainville beachhead.
On 15 February 1944, Braine participated in the Green Island landing. She steamed into Rabaul Harbor under enemy fire for night shore bombardment of enemy installations (24–25 February). On 20 March, she supported landings on Emirau Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Braine spent the ensuing months in escort work and training for the Marianas invasion.
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