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USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089)


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N - C - G - P
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/ 2 oak leaf clusters - Navy Unit Commendation w/ 1 star
Second Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon
"Versatility - Valor - Victory"
Specifications:
Class: Knox
Type: SCB No. 199C / 1964
Number in Class: 46
Displacement: 3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)
Length: 415' (wl), 438' (oa)
Beam: 46' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 24' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 Combustion Engineering 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 kts
Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots
Complement: 16 / 211
Missiles: 1 8-tube Mk25 Sea Sparrow BPDMS in DE 1052-1069, 1071-1083, 1 8-tube Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow IPDMS in DE 1070, Harpoon missiles from modified ASROC launcher
Guns: 1 x 5"/54 cal. DP Mk 42 (600 rds)
ASW Weapons: 1 Mk16 ASROC launcher (16 missiles), 4-12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos (6)
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships
Sonars: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097
Fire Control Systems: Mk68 Mod. 11/13/14 Gun FCS, Mk114 Mod 14/16 ASW FCS
Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089) Building and Operational Data:
  • 25 August 1966: Building contract awarded to Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
  • 08 April 1971: Keel laid by the Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, La.
  • 18 March 1972: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Gilbert W. (Daisy) Thorne, Ensign Brown's widow, Mrs. Pamela Elise Knight, daughter of the ship’s namesake, served as matron of honor
  • 17 February 1973: Commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Cmdr. William M. Fogarty in command, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 4 at Charleston, S.C.
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF 1089)
  • 31 December 1991: Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT 1089); assigned to the Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Charleston S.C.
  • October 1992: Reassigned to NRT duty at Mobile, Ala.
  • 27 July 1994: Decommissioned at Mobile after 21 years and 6⅓ months of service, leased to Egypt, renamed Dumyat (F961)
  • 11 January 1995: Struck from the NVR
  • 25 March 1998: Sold to Egypt, still in service
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    Jesse L. Brown
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    Jesse L. Brown

    		 121k Jesse LeRoy Brown was born in Hattiesburg, Miss. on 13 October 1926, and enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1946. He was appointed a Midshipman, at the Ohio State University NROTC the following year. After attending Navy pre-flight school and flight training, he was designated a Naval Aviator in October 1948, the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy. Midshipman Brown was then assigned to Fighter Squadron 32. He received his commission as Ensign in April 1949.

    During the Korean War, his squadron operated from USS Leyte (CV 32), flying F4U-4 Corsair fighters in support of United Nations forces. On 04 December 1950, while on a close air support mission near the Chosin Reservoir, Ensign Brown's plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed. Despite heroic efforts by other aviators, notably Lt.(jg) Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., he could not be rescued and died in his aircraft. Ensign Jesse L. Brown was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his Korean War combat service.

    USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089) was the first ship named in his honor.

    (Official U.S. Navy Photograph: #80-G-708014 and 030318-N-0000X-002, now in the collections of the National Archives)    		 Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.

    Assoc. Researcher
    Navsource
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108902    		 129k 18 March 1972: Westwego, La. - The future USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089) is ready for launching at Avondale Shipyards.

    (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 96769 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108903    		 221k 18 March 1972: Westwego, La. - The ship’s sponsor and others on the christening platform during launching ceremonies at Avondale Shipyards. Present are (left to right): Radm John W. Dolan, Jr., USN, Deputy Commander for Shipyard Management and Program Director for Shipyard Modernization, Naval Ship Systems Command; Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne, Ship's Sponsor; Mr. Henry Z. Carter, President, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; Captain Thomas J. Hudner, USN, Head of Aviation Technical Training, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

    (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #1151107 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108935    		 166k 18 March 1972: Westwego, La. - Captain Thomas J. Hudner, USN, Head of Aviation Technical Training, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations was the principal speaker at the launching of the future USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089), at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiania. During the Korean War, then Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Hudner received the Medal of Honor (worn in this photograph) for heroically attempting to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the ship's namesake.

    (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 97095 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108926    		 451k 18 March 1972: Westwego, La. - The future USS Jesse L. Brown being side launched after being christened. S. Dale Hargrave
    Newport News, Va.
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108936    		 541k August 1973: Newport, R.I. - USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089), as a unit of Destroyer Squadron 10, underway in Newport Harbor on a dreary, rainy day.

    (Heilenday photo #1 00037A from the Heilenday Collection)    		 Mark Heilenday
    Virginia Beach, Va.

    Captain, USN (ret.)
    June 1974 - July 2004
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108904    		 135k 05 December 1974: Naval Station Charleston, S.C. - Jesse L. Brown ties up as she returns from maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea with other ships of Destroyer Squadron Four.

    (U.S. Navy photo #NH96768 by PH1 Milt Putnam from the Naval History and Heritage Command)    		 Fred Weiss
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108924    		 163k 05 December 1974: Naval Station Charleston, S.C. - The destroyer escort USS Jesse L. Brown tied up alongside a seawall at the Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina, following her return from maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea. She was a unit of Destroyer Squadron Four.

    (U.S. Navy photo #NH96770 by PH1 Milt Putnam from the Naval History and Heritage Command)    		 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108905    		 476k January 1979: Underway off the Maine coast.

    (U.S. Navy photo #NH 96767 by PH1 Milt Putnam from the Naval History and Heritage Command)    		 John
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108906    		 377k 14 January 1979: At sea - An aerial port beam view of the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089) underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-82-00352 by PH1 R.J. Lincoln from the Defense Visual Information Center)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108907    		 167k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, P.R. - The frigates Jesse L. Brown and USS Trippe (FF 1075) are at their pier while loading operations take place in preparation for exercise Unitas XX. Jesse L. Brown is tied up behind Forrestal.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09472 by PH2 J. Vinson from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108908    		 167k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A port beam view of Jesse L. Brown.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09534 by PH2 J. Vinson from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108932    		 659k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): the Atlantic Ocean - An aerial starboard quarter view of the frigate Jesse L. Brown underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6351892, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09609 by PH2 K. Brewer from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108909    		 559k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Rio De Janeiro, Brasil - A port beam view of Jesse L. Brown with the city skyline in the background during exercise Unitas XX.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09756 by PH2 J. Vinson from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108911    		 562k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Rio De Janeiro, Brasil - A starboard bow view of the docked frigates USS Trippe (FF 1075), left, and Jesse L. Brown, right.

    (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09754 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108930    		 454k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Rio De Janeiro, Brasil - A port quarter view of the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089) departing port during exercise Unitas XX.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6352040, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09757 by PH2 J. Vinson from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108910)    		 373k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): The U.S. Navy frigates USS Trippe (FF 1075) on the left and USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089) on the right during exercise Unitas XX at Puerto Belgrano, Argentina. Note the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco De Mayo (V-2) in the background.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09726 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108912    		 212k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A starboard quarter view of Jesse L. Brown.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09556 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108913    		 477k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Puenta Arenas, Chile - A view of the pier and Jesse L. Brown, as seen from the deck of the guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 45), just before docking.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09722 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108927    		 347k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Puenta Arenas, Chile - Locals crowd the brow of the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown upon its arrival in port during exercise Unitas XX.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6352006, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09723 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108931    		 487k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): off Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile - A wave washes over the port bow of the frigate Jesse L. Brown.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6351956, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09673 by PH2 J. Vinson from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108915    		 168k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Valparaiso, Chile - A starboard quarter view of the Unitas XX ships after their arrival in port during the exercise. From left to right, the frigates USS Trippe (FF 1075), Jesse L. Brown and the guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 45).

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09712 by PH2 J. Vinson from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108916    		 80k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Two crewmen aboard Jesse L. Brown prepare a drone for launching.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09689 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108928    		 361k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A lifeboat crew recovers a drone launched from the deck of Jesse L. Brown during exercise Unitas XX.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6351985, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09702 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108929    		 412k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Rodman Naval Station, Panama Canal - A view of two of exercise Unitas XX ships docked. The guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 45) is on the left and the frigate Jesse L. Brown on the right.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6351884, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09601 by PH2 K. Brewer from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108933    		 335k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): The Panama Canal - A starboard beam view of the frigate Jesse L. Brown as it passes through the canal.

    (U.S. Navy photo, Nat'l Archives ID: #6351885, Local ID: #330-CFD-DN-SN-82-09602 by PH2 K. Brewer from the National Archives)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108914    		 143k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): Cartagena, Colombia - A bow view of the ships involved in exercise Unitas XX. From left to right, the guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 45), the frigates Jesse L. Brown and USS Trippe (FF 1075).

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09584 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108917    		 187k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A starboard beam view of Jesse L. Brown.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09551 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108918    		 220k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A distant view of the frigate USS Trippe (FF 1075), Jesse L. Brown (foreground), the Venezuelan ships Almirante Clemente (F-11), General Jose Trinidad Moran (F-12), Falcon (D-22) and Carabobo (D-21) (background).

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09567 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108919    		 937k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): La Guaira, Venezuela - The frigates Jesse L. Brown and USS Trippe (FF 1075) are docked side by side.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09563 by PHAN R. Maxwell from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108920    		 168k 1979 (exact date unknown, taken during UNITAS XX): A starboard beam view of Jesse L. Brown.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09488 by PH2 K. Brewer from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    (0602108921    		 62k Shot on return transit from Med Cruise of 87-88, by Lt. Simmons from Brown's LAMPS helo. John
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108922    		 550k 15 March 1989: Naval Station Mayport, Fla. - A Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) on the port bow sponson of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV 59). Jesse L. Brown is tied up behind the Forrestal.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-89-08610 from the DVIC)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108923    		 206k 13 November 1989: Rodman Naval Station, Balboa, Panama - Tied up at the naval station during the multinational joint naval exercise Unitas XXX are, from top: the destroyer USS Briscoe (DD 977), the guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23), Jesse L. Brown, the tank landing ship USS Manitowoc (LST 1180), and the Colombian frigates ARC Independiente (54) and ARC Antioquia (53).

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DA-SC-90-05821 by SPC Mark Wiliams from the DVIC)
    **Brown/Moinester**
    0602109714    		 189k 01 April 1993: Mobile, Ala. - Jesse L. Brown and USS Moinester (FF 1097) are moored together at a pier at a Mobile shipyard.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-93-04164 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108934    		 148k undated: The Mediterranean Sea - The Egyptian Naval Ship ENS Dumyat (F 961), Ex-USS Jesse L. Brown, underway in the Mediterranean.

    (Photo courtesy of EGY-ARMY-MID11    		 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Jesse L. Brown
    0602108925    		 191k 01 December 2011: Washington, D.C. - Medal of Honor recipient retired Capt. Thomas Hudner salutes while taps is played during the Centennial of Naval Aviation wreath laying ceremony at the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Hudner received the medal of honor for his attempted rescue of Ens. Jesse Brown during the Korean War. Then Lt.(jg) Hudner crash landed his F4U Corsair alongside the aircraft wreckage Ensign Brown was pinned in. Unfortunately Ens. Brown could not be extricated and died in the wreck.

    (U.S. Navy photo #111201-N-KQ655-136 by MC3 Mikelle D. Smith from the Navy News Stand)    		 Ron Reeves
    Oaklyn, N.J.
    Jesse L. Brown Memorabilia
    Ship's
    Emblem
    Brown
    Courtesy of
    John    		 Memorial
    Plaque
    Brown
    Courtesy of
    Bill Gonyo    		 Deck Dep't
    Patch
    Brown
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 UNITAS XXX
    Cruise Map
    Brown
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 UNITAS XXX
    Cruise Patch
    Brown
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    Jesse L. Brown History
    View the USS Jesse L. Brown (DE 1089) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Jesse L. Brown's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  17 Feb. 1973 - 26 Jun. 1974Cmdr. William Miley Fogarty (ROTC '58) (Des Moines, Ia.) (ret. as Radm.)
    2.)  26 Jun. 1974 - 28 May 1976Cmdr. William Francis Carey
    3.)  28 May 1976 - 09 Feb. 1978Cmdr. Richard Arthur Lamporte
    4.)  09 Feb. 1978 - 03 Jul. 1980Cmdr. Hillar Sarepeara
    5.)  03 Jul. 1980 - 03 Jul. 1982Cmdr. Henry F. (Hammering Hank) Walker
    6.)  03 Jul. 1982 - 16 Mar. 1984Cmdr. David William Vail
    7.)  16 Mar. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1987Cmdr. Oliver Kelly Spears III (USNA '67) (Maryville, Tenn.)
    8.)  13 Jan. 1987 - 10 Mar. 1989Cmdr. James Wynn Pattison
    9.)  10 Mar. 1989 - 26 Mar. 1991Cmdr. Michael George Mathis (OCS '71) (Rock Island, Ill.) (ret. as Radm.)
    10.) 26 Mar. 1991 - 09 Jan. 1993Cmdr. Herbert Ralph Hause (USNA '74) (Findlay, Ohio)
    11.) 09 Jan. 1993 - 27 Jul. 1994Cmdr. Billy R. Malone
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