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To Brazil December 3 1973, renamed Mariz e Barros.| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 80k | Harry Brinkley Bass was born in Chicago, Ill., on Independence Day 1916 and was appointed a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy on 11 June 1934 and graduated on 2 June 1938. Appointed ensign the same day, Ens. Bass reported for duty in New Orleans (CA-32), then serving on the west coast, on 29 June 1938. Detached from New Orleans on 10 June 1939, he reported to Farragut (DD-348) two days later. On 7 August 1940, Bass departed Farragut to proceed to the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., to begin flight training. He began his tour of duty on 25 August 1940. His training lasted until the beginning of 1941. On 7 February 1941, Ens. Bass was designated a naval aviator, and on the 20th, he was detached from the Pensacola Air Station. He moved to the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., on 24 February for additional instruction before joining Bombing Squadron (VB) 2 in Lexington (CV-2) on 14 May. During the fall of 1941, his ship moved from the west coast to Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. He and his carrier operated from that base for the remainder of Lexington’s career. On 5 December 1941, two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Bass was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade} to date from 2 June 1941. At the time of the attack, his ship was at sea with Task Force (TF) 12 delivering Marine Corps Vought SB2U-3 Vindicators from VMSB-231 to reinforce the defenses of Midway Island. Following the outbreak of hostilities, he participated in missions against enemy installations and shipping--notably the raid on Lae and Salamaua on the northern coast of New Guinea. He was credited with sinking an enemy ship during those attacks on 10 March l942--an action for which he received the Navy Cross. Later, Lt. (jg.) Bass received a gold star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for his part in helping to sink the Japanese small carrier Shoho on 7 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea. That same battle, however, brought the loss of his ship, Lexington. After suffering severe torpedo and bomb damage, she was scuttled by torpedoes from Phelps (DD-360). Soon after that engagement, on 15 June 1942, Brinkley Bass was promoted to lieutenant. On the 26th, he was ordered to report to the newly established Fighting Squadron (VF) 29. His squadron was assigned to the escort carrier Santee (CVE-29) and, while assigned to that warship, he and his squadron provided air support for the landings in French Morocco between 8 and 11 November. His part in that operation earned him the Silver Star. On 21 December 1942, Lt. Bass succeeded to command of VF-29. He and his squadron served in Santee for about another year. During that time they escorted convoys and conducted hunter-killer antisubmarine patrols. During the late summer of 1943, Santee planes carried out a successful series of actions against German U-boats in the region south of the Azores. For his leadership of VF-29 during that period, Lt. Bass received a letter of commendation and the commendation ribbon. He retained command of VF-29 into the spring of 1944, though the squadron left Santee at the end of 1943. On 11 April 1944, he assumed command of VF-74, and received his promotion to lieutenant commander on the 15th. Late in June, Lt. Comdr. Bass and VF-74 reported on board Kasaan Bay (CVE-69). That escort carrier departed Quonset Point, R.I., on 30 June and arrived at Oran, Algeria, on 10 July. For the next month, his squadron and ship conducted antisubmarine patrols in the Mediterranean and prepared for the invasion of southern France. Kasaan Bay, with Lt. Comdr. Bass and his squadron embarked, departed Valetta, Malta, on 12 August 1944 and arrived off the invasion beaches on the 15th. For the next five days, he led his squadron in bombing and strafing runs on enemy positions and supply lines. Lt. Comdr. Bass was killed on 20 August 1944 when his plane crashed as a result of enemy action. For that last engagement, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart, posthumously. | Bill Gonyo | |
| USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) |
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| 89k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 58k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 246k | Undated, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 122k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 104k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 131k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET. | |
| 189k | Newspaper clipping for the Launching dated May 27 1945. | Ron Reeves | |
| 72k | March 16 1951, location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 130k | Circa mid 1950's. | Marc Piché | |
| 124k | Brinkley Bass at Mare Island during her overhaul in April 1956. She was at the yard from 3/1/56 until 5/25/56. Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
| 153k | November 24 1959, location unknown. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 115k | USS Rogers (DDR-876), USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887), USS Preble (DLG-15), USS Mahan (DLG-11), USS King (DLG-10) and USS Coontz (DLG-9) lined up together at San Diego, 4 February, 1961. | Robert Hurst | |
| 93k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
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180k | As above. | Brian N. Kroenung II EMC(SW) | |
| 43k | USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) and USS Maddox (DD-731) at Long Beach in 1965. | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 224k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 203k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 201k | Circa 1967, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 186k | Circa 1967 with the USS Passumpsic (AO-107) and USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 76k | June 1968, just prior to her Vietnam delpoyment in July 1968. | CDR Frank Dengler, USN (Ret.) | |
| 786k | Color version of above photo, composite from endpapers of 1968 cruise book. | CDR Frank Dengler, USN (Ret.) | |
| 80k | Transiting through Pearl Harbor enroute to Gulf of Tonkin, July 1968. | Marc Piché CDR Frank Dengler, USN (Ret.) | |
| 661k | Underway off Oahu, July 1969. Photo taken by Navy unit at Barbers Point, part of ship's PAO file. | John Geoghegan | |
| 298k | Another view of Brinkley Bass underway, July 1969. | CDR Frank Dengler, USN (Ret.) | |
| 49k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 36k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 28k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich | |
| On Brazilian Service |
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| 148k | Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros, born in Rio de Janeiro 07 March 1835, was a Brazilian naval officer. During the Paraguayan War (War of the Triple Alliance), Lieutenant Mariz e Barros commanded the armored gunboat Tamandaré. He was mortally wounded during the shelling of the Itapirú defenses on 27 March 1866, dying the next day. The former Brinkley Bass was
the third Brazilian naval vessel to be named for Mariz e Barros. "Le capitaine Mariz-e-Barros, mort au bombardement d'Itapiru," illustration from journal universel, Vol. XLVII, nº 1.215, 09 June 1866. | Dave Wright | |
| 56k | As the CT Mariz e Barros (D 26) at sea, circa 1975. Photo published by Brazilian Navy (BRN). | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| 47k | As the CT Mariz e Barros (D 26) in the Port of Santos, photo by José da Silva. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| 57k | As the CT Mariz e Barros (D 26) in the Port of Santos, photo by José da Silva. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| 53k | As the CT Mariz e Barros (D 26) in the Port of Santos, photo by José da Silva. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| 69k | As the CT Mariz E Barros (D 26) in the Port of Santos, photo by José da Silva. | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| 667k | CT Mariz E Barros (D 26) tied up at Naval Base, Rio de Janeiro, 17 October 1990. National Archives photo from Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, Record Group 330. NA identifier 6466978. Original photographer Don S. Montgomery | Luiz BRAZIL Cotta, FT3 (Ret BRN) | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Philip Wallace Winston (USNA 1933) | 01 October 1945 - 1947 |
| 02 | CDR Thomas Charles Warfield | 1947 - 1949 |
| 03 | CDR Michael J. O'Connor | 1949 - August 1950 |
| 04 | CDR Aaron Frederick Beyer, Jr. (USNA 1933) | August 1950 - September 1952 |
| 05 | CDR Gordon Gemmill | September 1952 - December 1953 |
| 06 | CDR Samuel Hugh Alexander | December 1953 - June 1955 |
| 07 | CDR John Blount Davis, Jr. (USNA 1942) | June 1955 - 22 January 1957 |
| 08 | CDR Walter Charles Klein | 22 January 1957 - 1959 |
| 09 | CDR Melvin George (Max) Grazda | 1959 - 1961 |
| 10 | LCDR John Phoenix Moore Richards II (USNA 1947) | 1961 - 1962 |
| 11 | CDR Lawrence Arthur Wilder (USNA 1945) | 1962 - August 1963 |
| 12 | CDR Charles Raymond Anderson (USNA 1947) | August 1963 - 1965 |
| 13 | CDR Will Ed Lassiter | 1965 - 22 June 1966 |
| 14 | CDR Sumner (Stud) Gurney | 22 June 1966 - July 1968 |
| 15 | CDR Steven Van Westendorp | July 1968 - 03 January 1970 |
| 16 | CDR James Walter Tucker | 03 January 1970 - September 1972 |
| 17 | CDR Earl Edward Schultz | September 1972 - 03 December 1973 |
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The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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