USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887)
USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Brinkley Bass |
| Namesake: | Harry Brinkley Bass |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | 20 December 1944 |
| Launched: | 26 May 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 1 October 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 December 1973 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Brazil on 3 December 1973 |
 Brazil
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| Name: | Mariz e Barros |
| Acquired: | 3 December 1973 |
| Commissioned: | December 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 September 1997 |
| Identification: | D 26 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target December 2000. |
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| Class and type: | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,425 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Speed: | 34.6 knots (64.1 km/h; 39.8 mph) |
| Complement: | 345 |
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USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Harry Brinkley Bass (1916–1944), who was killed in action when his plane crashed in combat during the invasion of southern France on 20 August 1944.
Brinkley Bass was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 20 December 1944, launched on 26 May 1945 by Mrs. Percy Bass, mother of Lt. Cmdr. Bass and commissioned on 1 October 1945.
USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was laid down on 20 December 1944 at Orange, Texas, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation and launched on 26 May 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Verna Maulding Bass. The destroyer was commissioned on 1 October 1945, Commander Philip W. Winston in command.
The destroyer spent the remainder of 1945 outfitting and conducting shakedown training in the Gulf of Mexico. She then put into Charleston, South Carolina, for post-shakedown availability. On 2 February 1946, the warship stood out of Charleston on her way to the U.S. West Coast. After transiting the Panama Canal, Brinkley Bass arrived in San Diego on 20 February. She remained at San Diego less than a week. On the 26th, the destroyer was underway bound for the western Pacific Ocean. Early that spring the destroyer arrived in Shanghai, China, and began duty transporting mail between the various naval commands in China. She made the rounds between Shanghai, Tsingtao, and Hong Kong, and conducted maneuvers with Task Forces (TF) 58 and 77. In December, the destroyer began the voyage home, stopping at Guam and at Pearl Harbor before arriving back in San Diego in February 1947.
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