_underway_in_1943.jpg) USS Brennan (DE-13) in 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Brennan |
| Namesake | John Joseph Brennan |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 28 February 1942 |
| Launched | 22 August 1942 as HMS Bentinck (BDE-13) |
| Commissioned | 20 January 1943 as USS Brennan (DE-13) |
| Decommissioned | 9 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
| Identification | DE-13 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,140 (standard), 1,430 tons (full) |
| Length | 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) (waterline), 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) (overall)) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (max) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19 kn (35 km/h) |
| Range | 4,150 nm |
| Complement | 15 officers, 183 enlisted |
| Armament | 3 × 3 in (76 mm) Mk 22 (1×3) dual purpose guns, 4 × 1.1 in/75 cal Mk 2 AA cannons (4×1), 9 × Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons, 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk 10 (144 rounds), 8 × Mk 6 depth charge projectors, 2 × Mk 9 depth charge tracks |
USS Brennan (DE-13) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II and commissioned in January 1943. She performed anti-submarine and anti-aircraft convoy protection duties in North Atlantic Ocean waters, and was decommissioned in October 1945 at New York Navy Yard and scrapped in 1946.