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SI-IIP'S HISTQRY Uss BRowNsoN fDD 86,39 is Hfimedin honor of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson who, during his 42 years of Naval service from 1865 to 1907, was Commander-1n- Chief of the Asiatic Fleet, and superintend- ent of the U.S. Naval Academy. The present BROWNSON is the second ship to bear the name. During World War ll the first BROWNSON, a Fletcher class de- stroyer, saw action in the Atlantic and the Aleutian, Gilbert and Marshall ls lands before a Japanese aerial attack sank her off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943. A 2250 ton Gearing class destroyer, the present BROWNSON was sent to Bath, Maine, where she was placed under reduced operational status. Six months later she was reactivated to sail south to the Antarctic with Rear Admiral Richard E, Byrd's polar ex- pedition, Operation High Jump. Since that time BROWNSGN has been steaming steadily, living up to the destroy- er's reputation as the Work Horse of the fleet. On five d i ffe r e nt occasions she has been assigned to the Sixth fleet and cruised to the Mediterranean, and twice has partici- pated in NATO cruises in Northern Europe. From 1954 to 1955, she was deployed in the Far East. She completed her second round the world cruise in 1956. , October 1958 marked a new era in BROWNSON 'S career, when she joined the newly formed Destroyer Development Group Two. The Group develops, tests, under actual operating conditions, and evaluates new equipment to strengthen the fighting power of the Navy's ships, EROWNSON was the first ship to aug- ment its ASW capabilities with an operational Varla-ble depth Sonar QVDSJ. She tested and evaluated this piece of equipment in OI-der to make it operational for the fleet. The VDS was removed during FRAM overhaul For most of 1962, BROWNSON carried out her development work in cruises off the Atlantic coast. In Gctober 1962, with other ships of the Atlantic Fleet, she took part in the Quairantine of Cuba, which resulted in the removal of Soviet surface-to-surface mis- sles from Cuba. BROWNSON returned to Newport in December to resume normal operations. On 27 June 1963 BRGWNSON entered Boston Naval Shipyard for her fleet re- habilitation and modernization Q FRA MJ con- version. This renovation made BROWNSON as new as any DD in the fleet. In April 1964, BROWNSON rejoinedthe fleet as a unit of Development Group Two. After six weeks of refresher training at Guantanamo, the BROWN SCN returnedto Newport to prepare for a ,Mediterranean deployment with the Sixth Fleet. BROWNSON left for the Mediterranean on 3 August1964 and returned 22 December 1964 to rejoin the Development Group. In February 1965, BROWNSON was outfitted with, two drone anti-submarine helicopters, QDASHJ to complete her FRAM MK I conversion. On 9 July, 1965, BROWNSON departed on a ten week goodwill tour throughNorth- ern Europe. During this cruise, BROWNSON showed the flag and entertained visitors and official guests aboard in thirteen portS in nine different foreign countries. After this very successful cruise, BROWNSON returned to Newport on 23 September, 1965. For the fiscal year of1965, BROWNSON was awarded the Battle Efficiency E and the Engineering Efficiency awards for De- stroyer Development Group Two. In November of 1965, the shiP Was assigned to Destroyer School which trains officers to be department heads OI1.de' stroyers. In addition to inport trainmg, BROWNSON made three month long cru1seS to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in Decembefa 1965, February, 1966, and June, 1966, 111 order to give Destroyer School studentS valuable experience in every department of a destroyer at Sea. BROWNSON is now assigned tempor- arily to Destroyer Squadron Twenty- 2 1