USS Robert Brazier
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Robert Brazier |
| Namesake | Robert Boyd Brazier |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 16 November 1943 |
| Launched | 22 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 18 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 16 September 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 January 1968 |
| Identification | DE-345 |
| Honours & awards | 1 Battle star for World War II |
| Fate | Sunk as target off California 9 January 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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USS Robert Brazier (DE-345) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1969.