The brass ship’s bell from the USS Breese (DD-122) is on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. She was built nearby, at Newport News Shipbuilding and launched in 1918. She was one of over 100 Wickes-class destroyers built by the US Navy. On December 7, 1941, she was moored at Pearl Harbor. According to an after action report, dated December 9, 1941 by her CO, then Lieutenant Commander Stout, USN; her crew went to general quarters at 0755. During the air raid, her crew expended 45 rounds of 3 inch AA shells, 1700 rounds of 50 caliber, and 11 dept
The brass ship’s bell from the USS Breese (DD-122) is on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. She was built nearby, at Newport News Shipbuilding and launched in 1918. She was one of over 100 Wickes-class destroyers built by the US Navy. On December 7, 1941, she was moored at Pearl Harbor. According to an after action report, dated December 9, 1941 by her CO, then Lieutenant Commander Stout, USN; her crew went to general quarters at 0755. During the air raid, her crew expended 45 rounds of 3 inch AA shells, 1700 rounds of 50 caliber, and 11 depth charges. Then Lieutenant Commander Stout wrote in closing, that “the behavior of the crew and officer was excellent and in keeping with traditions of Naval Service.” Breese took part in the Battle of Midway, supported the Battle of Okinawa, and continued through the end of WWII. She would earn ten battle stars for her service during WWII, and was scrapped in 1946.
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