USS Brownson (DD-868) [SEP] named after
USS Brownson (DD-868)
USS "Brownson" (DD-868), a "Gearing"-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, USN (1845–1935).
Design and launch.
"Brownson" was designed by Gibbs and Cox, Naval Architects, New York office. Its keel was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 13 February 1945; launched on 7 July 1945, sponsored by Ensign Caroline Brownson Hart,
USS "Brownson" (DD-868), a "Gearing"-class destroyer, launched in 1945 and struck in 1976