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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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