page_title: USS Braine (DD-630)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Braine (DD-630)
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Braine (DD-630) as she appeared shortly after arriving in the South Pacific, in 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 16D. Note the unusual placemant of the hull number.
context_page_description: USS Braine (DD-630), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine, who served in the Civil War and explored the Arctic.
  Braine was launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel L. Braine, wife of a grandson of Rear Admiral Braine, and commissioned 11 May 1943, Commander J. F. Newman, Jr., in command.
  The Braine served in the South Pacific through the end of the war, participating in shore bombardments and troop landings. After the war, she was placed in reserve at Charleston Navy Yard from 1946 until 1951. She was recommissioned and served with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, and later Task Force 77 in the Seventh Fleet.
  The Braine was decommissioned in 1971 and transferred to Argentina, renamed Almirante Domecq Garcia. She was sunk as a target ship in 1983 off Mar del Plata by ARA Drummond and ARA San Luis.
context_section_description: USS Braine (DD-630), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), who served in the Civil War and explored the Arctic.
  Braine was launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel L. Braine, wife of a grandson of Rear Admiral Braine, and commissioned 11 May 1943, Commander J. F. Newman, Jr., in command.
  The Braine served in the South Pacific through the end of the war, participating in shore bombardments and troop landings. After the war, she was placed in reserve at Charleston Navy Yard from 1946 until 1951. She was recommissioned and served with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, and later Task Force 77 in the Seventh Fleet.
  The Braine was decommissioned in 1971 and transferred to Argentina, renamed Almirante Domecq Garcia. She was sunk as a target ship in 1983 off Mar del Plata by ARA Drummond and ARA San Luis.
caption: USS Braine (DD-630), South Pacific, 1944.
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