USS Brough ( DE - 148 ) USS " Brough " ( DE - 148 ) was an " Edsall " class destroyer escort , the first United States Navy ship so named . This ship was named for Lieutenant Junior Grade David Atkins Brough ( 15 June 1914 – 1942 ) , a Naval Aviator who was awarded the Air Medal posthumously for his actions during the battles of Kiska and Attu . History . Construction and commissioning . " Brough " was built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange , Texas . Her keel was laid on 22 January 1943 and she was launched on 10 April 1943 . Mrs . Jack Bell , sister of Lieutenant Brough , served as sponsor . " Brough " was placed in full commission on 18 September 1943 at Orange , Texas under command of Lieutenant Commander Kenneth J . Hartley of Jamestown , New York . After an intense shakedown period , " Brough " was assigned the task of escorting allied shipping to European ports . She spent two years escorting Allied shipping without the loss of a single vessel during her twenty four Atlantic crossings , and made only five submarine attacks with the presence of U - Boat s unverified in each case . At war . Wind and sea , ice and fog , furnished relentless diversion however , for unspectacular service . Five of her twenty - five months of active duty were spent in repair yards , where the scars of the North Atlantic were smoothed again as she prepared for new crossings . Her first Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander K . J . Hartley was killed when heavy seas smashed him against the splinter shield of her number one gun . " Brough " , under constant and intensive training throughout the war expended 4 , 050 rounds of 50 cal . , 15 , 180 rounds of 40 mm , and 25 , 093 rounds of 20 mm — all for practice . During anti - submarine actions , 200 depth charge s and 372 projectiles were fired . When " Brough " was commissioned her armament included torpedo tube s , eight 20mm guns , a twin 40 mm and three 3 " / 5O cal . guns . But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions , repeated alterations resulted in the removal of the torpedoes , and the addition of another twin and a quad 40 mm , along with two more 20 mm . At sea for 373 days of her 25 months active duty , most of the time she was on war patrol , with her guns manned and full watches alerted . Her command changed four times , with Lieutenant Commander Hartley being followed by Lieutenant Commanders James A . Rector of Alhambra , California ; Milton A . Stein of Los Angeles , California ; and Eugene Emerson of Cambridge , Massachusetts . Second tragedy . The second and last death on " Brough " during World War II was the result of the accidental discharge of a K - gun , when A . W . Wood , Seaman First Class of Floral Park , New York was killed . Post - war preservation . In January 1947 , " Brough " was placed out of commission in reserve , attached to the Florida Group , U . S . Atlantic Fleet at Green Cove , Florida , " Brough " was anchored at Green Cove Springs , Florida , forty statute miles ( 60 km ) from the sea in the sluggish St . Johns River . Here she was pickled in grease , and paint in the longest , hardest fight of all the campaign against rust . Korea . The Korean Emergency in the summer of 1951 brought " Brough " back into naval service . Thoroughly overhauled by the Merrill - Stevens Shipyard , Jacksonville , Florida , " Brough " was commissioned 7 September 1951 under the command of Lieutenant Commander H . J . Hulings of Pennsylvania . She was attached to the U . S . Atlantic Fleet and usual intensive shakedown period followed . Atlantic Fleet service . In the fall of 1952 " Brough " participated in joint NATO operations in the Atlantic and visited various European ports including Bergen , Norway ; Greenwich , Scotland ; Cherbourg , France ; and various Caribbean ports . Returning in November " Brough " reported for scheduled shipyard overhaul in Philadelphia until the end of February . On 31 January 1953 Commander Hulings was relieved by Lieutenant Commander D . W . Abercrombie , III , of Massachusetts . After a week of " shakedown " she steamed to Guantanamo Bay , Cuba for refresher training . Despite a green crew , " Brough " ’ s training progress was such that she was released one week early ; the only ship thus privileged during 1953 . " Brough " , after a short stay in Newport , Rhode Island left in early June for Key West , Florida , where she reported to provide services to the Fleet Sonar School , Key West . Until late August " Brough " operated daily , acting primarily as a school ship for officers and enlisted students from the Sonar School . Upon " Brough " ' s return from Key West she berthed alongside the " Yosemite " ( AD - 19 ) for tender overhaul . The tender discovered that the generators warranted overhaul and " Brough " was sent to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery , Maine for repairs . In November 1953 , " Brough " , as flagship for Commander Escort Squadron Fourteen participated in Operation SPRING BOARD in the Caribbean and visited San Juan , Puerto Rico ; Ciudad Trujillo , Dominican Republic ; and Saint Thomas , U . S . Virgin Islands . " Brough " returned to Newport , in December , for the Christmas leave period , and then operated on a daily basis from Newport . In March 1954 " Brough " again returned to Key West until July for another tour of ASW training sea phase . Lieutenant Commander G . E . Lockee from Columbia , S . C . relieved Commander Abercrombie in August 1954 and with her new captain , " Brough " in company with " Huse " , " Blair " and " M . J . Manuel " journeyed to Newfoundland for a three weeks fleet exercise with submarines . Returning in mid - September , " Brough " started preparations for the Joint Atlantic Fleet Exercise of 1954 . " Brough " ' s assignment was operating against submarines off the Labrador Coast in the vicinity of Hamilton ' s Inlet . Accordingly extra foul weather clothing was loaded aboard in anticipation of the many cold watches that were to come . On 20 October , " Brough " , in company with the rest of the squadron , departed on her biggest operation LANTFLEX 1 - 55 . First " Brough " participated in convoy escort work to Labrador ; anti - submarine patrol , and then she escorted a force making amphibious landing s along the coast of North Carolina . After thirty days continuous steaming , on 20 November " Brough " returned to Newport for a much welcomed Christmas leave period . " Brough " reported to the Boston Navy Yard for overhaul and modification to equipment in February 1955 and completed the refitting on 30 April 1955 . In May " Brough " spent two weeks at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Maine , under - going a restricted availability . An intensive three - week refresher program at Newport followed in June . On 9 July 1955 " Brough " departed from Norfolk , Virginia on the first leg of Midshipman Cruise Baker . This cruise included Edinburgh , Scotland ; Copenhagen , Denmark ; and finally Guantanamo Bay , Cuba as ports - of - call . On completion of this cruise , on 3 September , " Brough " was given a two - week upkeep and tender availability period in Newport and then reported on 25 September 1955 to provide services to Fleet Sonar School , Key West . Upon returning to Newport , in November " Brough " was given a two - week availability alongside the " Yosemite " , followed by two weeks of type training out of Newport . On 13 December 1955 the holiday leave started . This period also saw " Brough " ' s first berthing at the new Destroyer Pier Number 1 . On completion of one week of type training in the Newport area " Brough " moored alongside the " Yosemite " on 30 January 1956 for ten days availability . Early on the morning of 13 February 1956 , " Brough " sailed with Escort Squadron Fourteen for Key West , Florida . From 20 February until 30 March " Brough " again provided services for Fleet Sonar School . Afterwards " Brough " engaged in type training out of Newport during April and participated in exercises CONVEX and HOURGLASS under Commander Antisubmarine Atlantic during May and June . After three weeks of upkeep the ship departed for a six - week restricted availability at Portsmouth , New Hampshire to prepare for Operation DEEPFREEZE II . Prior to Lieutenant Commander W . P . Duhon of New Orleans , Louisiana , relieving Lieutenant Commander Lockee , " Brough " received the Battle Efficiency " E " Plaque . The change of command took place on 23 August 1956 . Deepfreeze II . On 4 September 1956 , " Brough " departed Newport , R . I . to join Task Force 43 in Operation DEEPFREEZE II . Steaming independently by way of the Panama Canal , " Brough " reached Dunedin , New Zealand one month later . From October 1956 to March 1957 , " Brough " operated out of Dunedin on her assigned picket station at 57° South - 170° East . Her assignment : act as weather reporting , communication and search and rescue ship in an area where high winds and forty foot waves were not uncommon . The pattern of operations was five or six days in port , nineteen to twenty - one days at sea . En route to station " Brough " occasionally made calls at isolated Campbell Island , New Zealand . Deepfreeze III . The return trip to Newport R . I . began 2 March 1957 . On the way , " Brough " visited Callao , Peru , and stopped briefly at Newport before continuing to Boston Naval Shipyard where on 8 May , she commenced an overhaul period in preparation for DEEPFREEZE III . After completing the regular overhaul in July , " Brough " returned to Newport and continued preparation for DEEPFREEZE III . On 7 August 1957 , Lieutenant Commander B . E . Boney of Toxey , Alabama , relieved Lieutenant Commander W . P . Duhon as Commanding Officer . The period 19 – 23 August was spent alongside the tender " Yellowstone " ( AD - 27 ) completing preparations for seven months independent duty . On 26 August " Brough " departed Newport , R . I . for Dunedin , N . Z . via Panama Canal , arriving 25 September . During the deployment with DEEPFREEZE III , " Brough " made five trips to 61° South 170° East . One trip took her across the Antarctic Circle , on 5 February 1958 a " first " for Destroyer Escorts . On three occasions 75 - knot ( 139 km / h or 86 mph ) winds were encountered , but " Brough " came through with negligible damage . " Brough " left Dunedin , N . Z . for . Newport , R . I . on March 1958 , arriving 2 April . During April she enjoyed a tender , leave , and upkeep period — before departing for her new home port , Key West , Florida . From 5 May until 21 July , " Brough " operated with Fleet Sonar School , Key West . During that period , CORTRON 14 was disestablished and " Brough " joined Destroyer Division Six Zero One . Deepfreeze IV . Between 21 July and 22 August 1958 , preparations were made for DEEPFREEZE IV . On 23 August 1958 , " Brough " departed for her third trip to Dunedin , N . Z . and her third consecutive year under the operational control of Commander Task Force 43 . Arriving in Dunedin on 22 September , she departed almost immediately to continue her usual duties on station between New Zealand and Antarctica . Between 23 August and 19 November , " Brough " was at sea 78 days and in port only 8 days . When " Brough " left Dunedin , N . Z . for the last time , on 7 February 1959 , four thousand New Zealanders were there to see her sail , indicative of the excellent relations that existed between " Brough " personnel and the citizens of Dunedin . Another first . The return trip to Key West represented another " achievement " , " first " Destroyer Escort to circumnavigate the world alone . Ports of call during the next 66 days included Perth , Australia ; Colombo , Ceylon ; Aden , Arabia ; Athens , Greece ; Naples , Italy ; Cannes , France ; Barcelona , Spain and Gibraltar . Arriving in Key West , Florida on 14 April 1959 , a two - week tender availability period was followed by leave and upkeep lasting until 22 May . Following this , " Brough " deployed for ten days off Puerto Rico as a missile recovery ship for the famous Jupiter missile that carried two monkeys , Alfa and Bravo , into space . " Brough " ’ s Commanding Officer was in command of the recovery group . Between 1 July and 29 September 1959 " Brough " underwent a regular shipyard overhaul in Key West . On 18 August 1959 , Lieutenant Commander J . L . Moss relieved Lieutenant Commander B . E . Boney as Commanding Officer . After the overhaul period , " Brough " provided services to Fleet Sonar School until departing for refresher training at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . Underway refresher training from 17 October to 24 November molded the ship into a more effective fighting unit . An upkeep period followed by a leave period kept the ship in Key West until after New Year ' s Day . Beginning in January 1960 , " Brough " settled into a regular schedule of providing services for Fleet Sonar School , Key West . She traveled to Charleston , South Carolina for tender availability between 29 February and 10 March 1960 . Returning to Key West , Fleet Sonar School operations during the spring of 1960 were broken by occasional weeks of upkeep and type training . On 14 May 1960 , " Brough " journeyed to Norfolk , Va . , for tender availability along - side " Sierra " ( AD - 18 ) , returning to Key West on 31 May . Over 4 July , " Brough " visited Tampa , Florida , returning to provide services to Fleet Sonar School until 18 August . While en route to Norfolk again , in late August " Brough " stopped over in Fort Lauderdale , Florida for a recreational visit before a period of availability alongside " Amphion " ( AR - 13 ) at Norfolk Va . Skirting Hurricane Donna with no damage in mid - September , she returned to Key West for Fleet Sonar School operations . Training at Guantanamo Bay between 8 and 12 October was followed by liberty and recreation in Montego Bay , Jamaica . " Brough " again provided services to Fleet Sonar School until the next tender availability alongside " Sierra " ( AD - 18 ) in Norfolk , 14 November to 1 December . After the Christmas leave period " Brough " was once again providing services of Fleet Sonar School until 5 February 1961 . On 6 February 1961 Lieutenant Commander E . J . Carey of Seattle , Washington relieved Lieutenant Commander J . L . Moss as Commanding Officer . On the following day , " Brough " departed for a three - day visit to Nassau in the Bahamas and continued to Norfolk , Virginia for an availability alongside " Tutuila " ( ARG - 4 ) from 13 to 24 February . Operations out of Key West from March to May were interrupted by a week of upkeep and a week of type training . At the end of April , " Brough " visited Miami , Florida to represent the U . S . Navy at the Miami Beach Serviceman ' s Center ' s Ninth Anniversary celebration . Miss USA and Miss Finland and another ' E ' . A period of upkeep and restricted availability at U . S . Naval Station , Key West began 1 May . An In Service inspection was conducted 11 to 12 May . From 21 May Fleet Sonar School operations continued through the summer , interrupted by a return visit to Miami 14 – 16 July , a week of type training during August , and two weeks of upkeep . While in Miami , " Brough " was favored by a visit from Miss USA , a finalist in the Miss Universe Pageant . Miss Finland ( Ritva Wachter ) also visited the Brough and was escorted by Mark Evdemon , RM2 . On 15 July 1961 , Commander Destroyer Force , U . S . Atlantic Fleet announced that " Brough " won the Battle Efficiency Award for " Competitive Excellence " in Destroyer Division 601 for fiscal year 1961 — the second " E " for " Brough " . During the remainder of 1961 and early 1962 " Brough " continued operating out of Key West to provide training to student officers and enlisted personnel from Fleet Sonar School in various phases of anti - submarine warfare . Decommissioning and disposal . " Brough " decommissioned in June 1965 and was removed from the Navy List on 1 November 1965 . The ship was sold for scrap to Buyer Boston Metals Company in Baltimore , Maryland in January 1967 .