USS Brister

History
United States
Name	USS Brister
Namesake	Robert Earl Brister (missing in action)
Ordered	1942
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	14 June 1943
Launched	24 August 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Blanche Brister, mother of ensign Brister
Commissioned	30 November 1943
Reclassified	21 July 1956 as DER-327
Stricken	23 September 1968
Fate	Sold for scrapping to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3 November 1971
General characteristics
Type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,590 tons full,; 1,200 tons standard;
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam	36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines,; 4 diesel-generators,; 6,000 shp (4.5 MW),; 2 screws;
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	9,100 nmi. at 12 knots; (17,000 km at 22 km/h);
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) guns (3×1); 2 × 40 mm guns (1×2); 8 × 20 mm cannon (8×1); 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × hedgehog projector; 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

History

United States
Name	USS Brister
Namesake	Robert Earl Brister (missing in action)
Ordered	1942
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	14 June 1943
Launched	24 August 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Blanche Brister, mother of ensign Brister
Commissioned	30 November 1943
Reclassified	21 July 1956 as DER-327
Stricken	23 September 1968
Fate	Sold for scrapping to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3 November 1971
General characteristics
Type	Edsall-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,590 tons full, 1,200 tons standard
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam	36 ft 7 in (11.15 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) ax
Propulsion	4 FM diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp (4.5 MW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	9,100 nmi. at 12 knots (17,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement	8 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm guns (1×2) 8 × 20 mm cannon (8×1) 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × hedgehog projector 8 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks