THE STORY OF
USS BREWTON

USS Brewton (FF-1086) is the 35th ship of the KNOX ocean escort (FF-1052) class. Commissioned on 10 July 1972, BREWTON'S primary mission is Anti-Submarine Warfare. The ship has inherent versatility, and has proven to be capable of performing the many tasks assigned to Fast Frigates in time of peace, as well as in time of war.

BREWTON is configured for the LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter. In addition to the most modern, high powered sonar developed for the U.S. Navy, the AN/SQS-26 with a rubber window, BREWTON also carries an independent variable depth sonar, the AN/SQS-35, designed so that this sonar's transducer can be placed at optimum depth for submarine detection. BREWTON is also configured with the SQR-18A Tactical Towed Array Sonar System that provides the latest state of the art in passive sonar. The ship's weapons include the ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket System), homing torpedoes, the helicopter weapon's systems, a rapid fire 5"/54 multi-purpose gun, and the Harpoon missile system.

BREWTON is a ship in DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-THREE, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since commissioning, BREWTON has been on five Western Pacific deployments and one Indian Ocean excursion.

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