| GENE SLOVERS US NAVY PAGES USS BRINKLEY BASS |
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| USS BRINKLEY BASS SHOWN HERE IS WHAT WE CALLED A 2250 CLASS DESTROYER. SHE IS 396 FT 6 1/2 INCHES LG. WARTIME COMPLEMENT IS 336. FULLY LOADED AT ABOUT 2950 TONS. SHE IS ABOUT 36 FEET LONGER THAN A FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER. WE CALLED THE FLETCHER A 2100 CLASS DESTROYER. WARTIME COMPLEMENT WAS ALSO ABOUT 336 MEN. THE ADDED 36 FEET INCREASED THE CRUSING RANGE OF THE 2250 CLASS SHIPS AS THIS WAS MOSTLY FOR FUEL OIL TANKS. THE SPEED OF THE 2250'S WAS ABOUT 32 TO 33 KTS AND THE 2100 CLASS WAS IN THE 36 KT RANGE. BOTH SHIPS HAD POWER PLANTS OF ABOUT 60,000 HP. THE BASS WAS FLAG FOR DESTROYER DIVISION 52 WHICH WAS PART OF DESRON 5 |
| THIS PICTURE IS IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES, BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURN, OR HOBART? I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS TAKEN? THAT'S PROBABLY ME STANDING ON THE PILOT HOUSE AS ON ANY SHIP THAT WAS MY FAVORIE PLACE TO BE WHEN ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING. |