USS Brinkley Bass

USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887)
History
United States
NameUSS Brinkley Bass
NamesakeHarry Brinkley Bass
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas
Laid down20 December 1944
Launched26 May 1945
Commissioned1 October 1945
Decommissioned3 December 1973
FateTransferred to Brazil on 3 December 1973
Brazil
NameMariz e Barros
NamesakeAntônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros
Acquired3 December 1973
CommissionedDecember 1973
Decommissioned1 September 1997
IdentificationD 26
FateSunk as a target December 2000.
General characteristics
Class and typeGearing-class destroyer
Displacement2,425 tons
Length390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Speed34.6 knots (64.1 km/h; 39.8 mph)
Complement345
Armament

USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was then transferred to Brazil where she served as Mariz e Barros (D-26) until 1997. The destroyer was finally sunk as a target in 2000.