USS Bream [SEP] vessel class
USS Bream
USS "Bream" (SS/SSK/AGSS-243), a "Gato"-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bream.
History.
History World War II.
"Bream" was laid down on 5 February 1943 by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.. She was launched on 17 October 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. Wreford G. Chapple, wife of the prospective commanding officer), and commissioned on 24 January 1944, with Commander (Cmdr.
HMS Bream (1807)
HMS "Bream" was a British Royal Navy "Ballahoo"-class schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1807. "Bream" operated primarily in North American waters and had an uneventful career until the War of 1812. She then captured two small American privateers and assisted in the recovery of a third, much larger one. She also captured a number of small prizes before she was