USS Bray

History
United States
Name	USS Bray
Namesake	Raymond Leon Bray
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	January 1944
Launched	15 April 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Mattie M. Bray
Commissioned	4 September 1944
Reclassified	APD-139, 16 July 1945
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Stricken	1 June 1960
Fate	Sunk as target, 27 March 1963
General characteristics
Class & type	Crosley-class high speed transport
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,473 t) light; 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard;
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	221
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns; 2 × twin 40 mm guns; 10 × single 20 mm guns; 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Bray (DE-709) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1963.

History

United States
Name	USS Bray
Namesake	Raymond Leon Bray
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	January 1944
Launched	15 April 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Mattie M. Bray
Commissioned	4 September 1944
Reclassified	APD-139, 16 July 1945
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Stricken	1 June 1960
Fate	Sunk as target, 27 March 1963
General characteristics
Class & type	Crosley-class high speed transport
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,473 t) light 1,673 long tons (1,700 t) standard
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 hp (8.9 MW)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	221
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 10 × single 20 mm guns 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks