USS Brownson (DD-518) [SEP] vessel class
USS Brownson (DD-518)
USS "Brownson" (DD-518) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy commissioned on 3 February 1943. She was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.
Construction.
"Brownson" was the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson (1846–1935). She was also the first of the Fletcher class to be built with a "square-bridge" configuration, which allowed greater all-
, American baseball player
- Nathan Brownson (1742–1796), American physician and politician
- Oliver Brownson (1746–1815), American composer and publisher
- Orestes Brownson (1803–1876), American philosopher and writer
- Sarah Brownson (1839–1876), American writer
- Willard H. Brownson (1845–1935), American naval admiral
See also.
- Brownson Islands, outside the entrance to Cranton Bay
- USS "Brownson" (DD-518), a"Fletcher"-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in action 1943
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