Ship's Statistics

Overall Length 438 feet
Beam (Width) 46 feet, 9 inches
Displacement 4100 tons (full load)
Navigation Draft 24 feet, 9 inches
Speed In excess of 27 knots
Propulsion Single propeller, steam turbine, 35,000 shaft horsepower, automatic combustion control.
Sonar AN/SQS 26 CX and independent variable sonar.
Armament 5 inch 54 caliber rapid fire mount, ASROC, and homing torpedoes. Manned helicopter and point defense missile system (post construction).


The USS Brewton (DE 1086) slides gracefully down the ways
as she is side-launched at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., main yard.



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