USS BREEMAN DE 104

USS BREEMAN DE 104

Named for Chief Turret Captain George Breeman, b. 15 September 1880, Passaic, NJ; awarded Medal of Honor for heroism 13 April 1906 during turret explosion on KEARSAGE (BB-5); d. 10 April 1937, Passaic, NJ

Type: DET
Builder: DWD, completed by NNY
Keel laid 03/20/43
Launched 09/04/43
Commissioned 12/12/43
First CO: Lt Cdr N. W. Hunter
Decommissioned 04/26/46; one battle star
To China as TAI HU 10/29/48
Stricken 12/22/48
Sailed to Taiwan 1949
Scrapped 1975

Unit of CortDiv 48

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

Photo from the DESA Archives. Property of DESA.