USS O'Brien (DD-725), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on 12 June 1775 during the American Revolution.

USS O'Brien (DD-725) is fighting fires from alongside, as landing craft circle to rescue survivors. Photographed from USS Crosby (APD-17). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

2015年8月17日 · The fourth O'Brien (DD-725) was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 8 December 1943 and launched 12 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Josephine O'Brien Campbell greatgreat-great...

After shakedown out of Bermuda, B.W.I. and Norfolk, Virginia, O’Brien joined convoy forces 14 May 1944 enroute to Scotland and England. Following patrol and escort duty near England, she participated in shore bombardment of Cherbourg, and the invasion of Normandy.

Denomination: DD 725 – U.S.S. O’Brien Class: Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. Crew: 336 sailors. Armament (1944): 6x 130 mm guns, 12x 40 mm Bofors guns, 11x 20 mm Oerlikon guns, 10x 533 mm torpedo tubes. Displacement: 2,200 tons Speed: 34 knots Length: 114,76 m Beam: 12,2 m Draught: 4,78 m

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At exactly three o’clock in the afternoon on February 25, 1944, a crowd gathered at the Boston Navy Yard for the commissioning ceremony of the USS O’Brien (DD725), a destroyer of the Sumner class.

USS O'Brien (DD-725), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on 12 June 1775 during the American Revolution. The fourth O'Brien (DD-725) was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 12 July 1943 and launched on 8 ...

USS O'Brien (DD-725), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 4th ship of the United States Navy to be named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on …

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