USS Bray
Service
- as USS Bray4 September 1944 — 10 May 1946363 days of the war
- Name
- USS Bray
- Namesake
- Raymond Leon Bray
- Builder
- Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
- Ordered
- 1942
- Laid down
- January 1944
- Launched
- 15 April 1944
- Commissioned
- 4 September 1944
- Decommissioned
- 10 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 June 1960
- Fate
- Sunk as target, 27 March 1963 (1963)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,673 long tons (1,700 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 221
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Bray was a destroyer escort of the Crosley-class high speed transport, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Raymond Leon Bray. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan laid her keel in January 1944. Launched on 15 April 1944, she entered service on 4 September 1944.
Nine ships of the class were built. The class followed the Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport.
Displacement was 1,673 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 221. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 363 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1960.
She was expended as a target on 27 March 1963. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Turbo-electric drive, 12000 hp
- Armament
- 2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm guns
- 10 × single 20 mm guns
- 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Bray on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 81350 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons