USS BRACKETT DE 41

USS BRACKETT DE 41

"In dry dock for repairs in the Marshall Islands sometimes in 1944. The repairs were on the starboard screw shaft which was a little out of line and caused the shaft to run hot. If I remember correctly, we hit a coral reef and that is what probably caused the out of alignment."

"This photo came to me from Bill Roberts, also a plank member. I was aboard the Brackett from the time it was commissioned until it was placed out of service in San Francisco in 1945".

See Photo 2

Information and photos courtesy of James White, Sr. RdM1/c, Plankowner

Named for Lieutenant Bruce Godfrey Brackett, b. 16 October 1915, Seattle, WA;
KIA 15 January 1943

Type: GMT
Builder: PSNY
Keel laid 01/12/43
Launched 08/01/43
Commissioned 10/18/43
First CO: Lt J. H. Roskilly, Jr.
Decommissioned 11/23/45; three battle stars
Stricken 12/05/45
Sold 05/22/47, scrapped June 1947

Unit of CortDiv 28, Pacific

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006