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U.S.S. BRINKLEY BASS

(DD-887)

BLACK CATS BRING
GOOD LUCK IN 1966

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USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887) - a Gearing-class destroyer

In Commission 1945 to 1973

DD-887 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DD-887 Shellback Initiation Add a DD-887 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1943- Shellback Initiation - 3 FEB 1943 - Atlantic Ocean
DEC1944-Keel Date: 20 DEC 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
MAY1945-Launch Date: 26 MAY 1945
OCT1945-Commissioned: 1 OCT 1945
MAY1950-MAY1960West Pac
MAR1955-MAR1959Dry Dock
SEP1956-Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1956 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1956- Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1956 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1956- Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1956 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1956- Shellback Initiation - 25 SEP 1956 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1961-JUN1963West Pac
APR1964-AUG1964Dry Dock
JAN1965-MAY1967West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1965-APR1966West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1966-FEB1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-MAY1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1968-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1969-DEC1970West Pac
JAN1970-AUG1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-AUG1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1970-JUL1970West Pac
MAY1970-JAN1971West Pac
SEP1971- Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1971-Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1972-SEP1973Home ported in Tacoma WA as reserve trainer
DEC1973-DEC1973Sold to Brazil
DEC1973-Decommissioned: 3 DEC 1973
JAN2000-JAN2000Bass was used for target practice. Sank 100 miles off Brazil.

DD-887 General Specifications

Class: Gearing-class destroyer

Named for: Harry Brinkley Bass

Complement: 345 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2425 tons

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 34 Knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Brazil on 3 December 1973



USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887)



Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was launched 26 May 1945 by Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd. Orange Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. Percy Bass mother of Lieutenant Commander Bass and commissioned 1 October 1945 Commander P. W. Winston in command.


Brinkley Bass conducted her shakedown cruise in the Caribbean and then proceeded to San Diego for duty with the Pacific Fleet arriving February 1946. From San Diego she proceeded to Shanghai China via Pearl Harbor and Guam for duty with Commander Naval Forces Western Pacific. Upon reporting in the spring of 1946 Brinkley Bass served as mail ship between the naval commands at Shanghai Tsingtao and Hong Kong.


She returned to San Diego in February 1947 and during the spring participated in extensive training exercises off southern California and underwent a yard overhaul. Brinkley Bass departed San Diego in February 1948 for her second tour of the Far East. She returned to California in October 1948 and spent the winter operating out of San Diego.


In November 1949 she reported to Commander Naval Forces Far East. She participated in Far Eastern Air Force defense operations conducted training and patrolled in Tsushima Strait. She returned to the United States in June 1950.


On 6 November 1950 Brinkley Bass departed San Diego in company with Destroyer Division 52 and proceeded to the Korean war zone. On 25 November she joined TF 77 for support of carrier operations off the east coast of Korea. During one period of 53 days she remained constantly at sea. On 16 May 1951 she reported to TF 95 or duty with the Wonsan Harbor Bombardment Element. During 30 days of operations at Wonsan Harbor she was engaged in frequent bombardments of enemy shore installations inflicting great damage. On 20 May 1951 while engaged at Wonsan Harbor Brinkley Bass was hit by shells from enemy shore batteries which killed one and wounded nine of her crew.


Destroyer Division 52 was relieved on station at Wonsan 27 June. On 18 July Brinkley Bass after a most successful combat cruise proceeded homeward to San Diego arriving 6 August. Brinkley Bass completed another Far Eastern tour during January-26 August 1952. Between 18 April 1953 and January 1954 she conducted another Far Eastern tour during which she spent most of her time underway with TF's 77 and 95 with a few brief interruptions such as the Formosa Patrol Wonsan Shore Bombardment Element and hunter-killer exercises.


Since that time Brinkley Bass has completed three more Western Pacific cruises ending her eighth deployment early in 1957. She received seven battle stars for her Korean service.

[Note: The above USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD-887) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]