USS Brinkley Bass
USS Brinkley Bass underway in June 1968 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Brinkley Bass |
| Namesake | Harry Brinkley Bass |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 20 December 1944 |
| Launched | 26 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 1 October 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 3 December 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Brazil on 3 December 1973 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Mariz e Barros |
| Namesake | Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros |
| Acquired | 3 December 1973 |
| Commissioned | December 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1997 |
| Identification | D 26 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target December 2000. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,425 tons |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Speed | 34.6 knots (64.1 km/h; 39.8 mph) |
| Complement | 345 |
| Armament |
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USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was then transferred to Brazil where she served as Mariz e Barros (D-26) until 1997. The destroyer was finally sunk as a target in 2000.