Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p USS Brownson (DD-518), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson (1846–1935). Brownson was the first of the Fletcher class to be built with a "square-bridge" configuration, which allowed greater all-around visibility than the earlier ships of the class, which had a "round bridge" or "high bridge" configuration.Brownson was launched on 24 September 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. Cleland S. Baxter, granddaughter of Admiral Brownson; and commissioned on 3 February 1943, with Lieutenant Commander J. B. Maher in command.. }
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- USS_Brownson_(DD-518) abstract "USS Brownson (DD-518), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson (1846–1935). Brownson was the first of the Fletcher class to be built with a "square-bridge" configuration, which allowed greater all-around visibility than the earlier ships of the class, which had a "round bridge" or "high bridge" configuration.Brownson was launched on 24 September 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. Cleland S. Baxter, granddaughter of Admiral Brownson; and commissioned on 3 February 1943, with Lieutenant Commander J. B. Maher in command.".