Brownson (DD 868) - Naval Cruise Book

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... x 1 ...A .a..f,p,4,1.,,..,....v.:-.51 .r rg L H ,M , LF rm ,W 'W 1: 1 x' fl, 25,1 All ,O SHIP'S HISTDRY USS BROWNSON QDD-8683 is named in honor of Rear Admiral Willard H. BROWNSON, who, during his 42 years of Naval service from 1865 to 1907, was Commander-in 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 II the first BROWNSON, a FLETCHER class de- stroyer, saw action in the Atlantic, and the Aleutian, Gilbert 'and Marshal Islands be- fore a Japanese aerial attack sank her off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on December 26th, 1943. A 2250 ton GEARING class destroyer, the present BROWNSON was built during the final months of World War II by Bethlehem Steel Company at Staten Island, New York. She was commissioned on November 17th, 1945 at the New York Naval Shipyard. After her shake-down cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 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 expedition, Operation High Jump . Since that time BROWNSON has been steam- ing steadily, living up to the destroyer's reputation as the work horse of the fleet . On four different occasions she has been assigned to the Sixth Fleet and cruised the Mediterranean, and twice has participated in NATO cruises in Northern Europe. From 1954 to 1955, she was deployed in the Far East. October 1958 marked a new era inBROWN- SON'S career, when she joined the newly formed Destroyer Development Group TWO. The Group developed, tested and evaluated new equipment to strengthen the fighting power of the Navy's ships. Together with PURVIS QDD-7095, GAINARD QDD-706j, DICKSON QDD-7085, GLOVER QAGDE-lj, GL1-3NNoN QDD-8407, WITEK QDD-8481, and WILKINSON QDL-53. BROWNSON was re- sponsible for testing and evaluating ex- perimental equipment under actual opera- ting conditions. BROWNSON was the first siip toaugment its ASW' capability with an Operational type variable depth sonar, thereby combining her well-known surface agility with sub-like accuracy in detection. The VDS was later removed during FRAM over haul. On 27 June 1963, BROWNSON entered Boston Naval Shipyard for her FRAM MK I Conversion. This renovation made BROWN- SON as new and modern as any DD in the fleet. In April 1964, BROWNSON rejoined the fleet as a unit of Destroyer Development Group TWO. In February 1965, the BROWNSON was out- fitted with DASH helicopters to complete her FRAM MK I Conversion. For the fiscal year of 1965, the BROWNSON was awarded the Battle Efficieny 'E award and the Engineering Efficiency award for Destroyer Development Group TWO. In July, 1966, the ship was assigned to the Destroyer School, whose missions to train junior officers for the billet of department head aboard the fleet's destroyers. September 1966, found the BROWNSON pre- paring for deployment to the Far East with Destroyer Squadron TWENTY. From Octob- er 4, 1966, until April25, 1967, the ship took part in a seven month cruise around the world which included four months in the combat Zone off the coast of Vietnam. The BROWNSON 'S time was shared between car- rier escort operations, Naval gunfire sup- port of allied ground forces, and some very good liberty ports. Since late in 1967, BROWNSON has been working as a member of Destroyer De- velopment Group TWO conducting a sonar research and developme nt project. BROWN' SON completed a six month's Mediter- ranean! Northern E u r o pe a n deployment early in July 1969. On 1July 1969, BROWN- SON became a member of Destroyer Squad- ron TEN, 455FI?ifL5?ifiii3?f5?E:2?-Eff?1:3212ki:':xiii55253575535'r?5G5f5223fi5i?5zfiftiiii?ff??4?i2 -25111415zQ122?1?SiL?i?iZ iifiiiiirmifl' T . : .ml-.-'. v... ,..Y ., ..., Q ., ,I - -, ..,.,.., , .. L, - , .V 1-:.-.- . ,. ZH qu . .,'1 5-'k5-'.:-.g- , 7 :,:,.:E, , .11 ., .5 Fin,-V 61.5-4..1::..Y,.q g 515 5:. . l13 -513,35 2-.351gziggggfjgg-31,523 ,::,:g.g5:3p g5:i5,?g5grg::33153535551151151555235fijffggg5315,,g,?.g?.5,3ii5g1i5?7is5Zig55253215gggigbggjigiggifr