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	122k	Charles Francis Brush, a physicist, inventor, and manufacturer, was born in Euclid, Ohio, 17 March 1849. In 1878, after successful experimentation with electric lighting, he produced the electric arc light which bears his name. In 1880 he founded the Brush Electric Co., which became the owner of his numerous patents in the field of electric lighting. He died at Cleveland, Ohio, 15 June 1929. Photograph owned by Case Western Reserve University Library.		Bill Gonyo
	95k	Artist's conception of the Brush as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	29k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	29k	Undated War time image. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d.		-
	46k	Undated post card image.		Al Kaplan
	89k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	130k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	163k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	150k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	141k	Undated, location unknown. USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and USS Brush (DD-745).		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	53k	Undated, location unknown.		Dave Wright
	125k	USS Brush (DD 745) on May 4, 1944. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	113k	USS Brush (DD-745), underway on 22nd May 1944, location unknown. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Photo # 80-G-237963.		Robert Hurst
	63k	USS Brush coming alongside the USS Lexington (CV-16) January 25, 1945. Photo 80-G-299871.		Tracy White
	228k	June 1956, location unknown.		Ed Zajkowski
	192k	CRUDESPAC photo released by the 12 Naval District PIO on June 4, 1957. The photo is from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	181k	USS Currituck (AV-7), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Brush (DD-745), USS Jenkins (DD-447) and USS O'Bannon (DD-450) at Okinawa circa 1961-1962.		Gary Priolo
	314k 273k	Yokosuka, October 7 1961, with the Brush and 10 other destroyers being serviced by the USS Piedmont (AD-17)		Ed Zajkowski
	97k	USS Brush (DD-745), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Wedderburn (DD-684) and USS Worden (DLG-18) nested with an unknown tender in Subic Bay, P.I. in late January 1966.		Larry Backus
	29k	Ships patch.		Mike Smolinski
	75k	Ships patch.		Wolfgang Hechler
	70k	Ships Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
On Taiwanese Service
	49k	Undated, location unknown.		Perry Huang
	55k	Undated, location unknown.		Perry Huang
	29k	Undated, location unknown.		Perry Huang
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CDR John Ellis Edwards    Apr 17 1944 - May 6 1945 (Later RADM)

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CDR Samuel Pemberton Moncure    Sep 1946 - May 1947

CDR John Willard Geist    May 1947 - Sep 1948

CDR Henry Ludwig Waliszewski    Sep 1948 - Jan 1 1950

CDR Fletcher Lamar Sheffield Jr.    Jan 1 1950 - Jul 1951

CDR Nelson Payne Watkins    Jul 1951 - Jul 1952

CDR Donald Francis Quigley    Jul 1952 - May 1954

CDR Arlie George Capps    May 1954 - Jan 21 1955

CDR William Burgess Whitehurst    Jan 21 1955 - Feb 27 1957

CDR Fred William Pump Jr.    Feb 27 1957 - Jul 1958

CDR Joseph Edward Gould    Jul 1958 - Dec 1958

LCDR George Christian Hann    Dec 1958 - Feb 1959

CDR Leo Thomas Howard    Feb 1959 - Jul 1960

CDR Marshall Jay Gates    Jul 1960 - Aug 3 1962

CDR John Albert D'Zamba    Jul 1962 - Jul 1964

CDR John William Hulihan    Jul 1964 - Nov 1965

CDR Robert Lindsay Alford    Nov 1965 - Jul 1968

CDR Curtis Ralph Norton Jr.    Jul 1968 - Oct 27 1969