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  1. 2003.48.10 - Portrait of a sailor

    Color photograph of John Mitchell, ET3c posing for a photograph on the dock adjacent to the BRISTER. Label on reverse reads: "John M. Mitchell ET3 // Charleston, S.C. 1956."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.10
  2. 2003.48.11 - Sailors with family

    Color photograph of sailors and civilians walking on the fo'c'sle of a the BRISTER. This probably took place when she was recommissioned as a radar picket ship, July 1956. Label on reverse reads: "USS Brister DER-327 // Looking Forward."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.11
  3. 2003.48.12 - Coming alongisde USS HISSEM (DER-400)

    Color photograph taken from the BRISTSER of USS HISSEM (DER-400). Label on reverse reads: "Approaching the USS Hissem // DER-400. May 1957."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.12
  4. 2003.48.13 - Alongside USS HISSEM (DER-400)

    Color photograph of the BRISSTER coming alongside USS HISSEM (DER-400). Label on reverse reads: "Pulling along side of // the USS Hissem DER-400. May 1957."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.13
  5. 2003.48.15 - High line transfer

    Color photograph taken from the BRISTER of a high line transfer to USS HISSEM (DER-400). Note the HISSEM crew on deck in orange life preservers. Label on reverse reads: "High lineing parts to the // USS Hissem DER-400. May 1957."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.15
  6. 2003.48.2.1-.2 - Crew on the fantail

    Color photographic print, group of sailors gathered on the fantail. Rack of depth charges visible at left of image. Handwritten inscription on back reads: "Caribbean Sept. 1956 USS Brister Crew DER-327."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.2
  7. 2003.48.3.1-.2 - Rough seas

    Color photographic print of the BRISTER battling weather off the coast of Virginia. Handwritten inscription on back reads: "160 miles off Coast of Virginia March/April 1957 // DER-327."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.3
  8. 2003.48.4.1-.2

    Color photographic print of the BRISTER battling rough weather off the coast of Virginia. Handwritten inscription on back reads: "160 miles off Coast of Virginia March/April 1957 // DER-327."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.4
  9. 2003.48.5.1-.2 - Depth charge practice

    Group of sailors and officers working on the fantail of a ship. One row of depth charges along starboard side. Handwritten inscription on back reads: "Depth charge run in Caribbean Sept. 1957 // DER-327."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.5
  10. 2003.48.6.1-.2 - Depth charge practice

    A depth charge explodes shortly after its release from the stern rack. Handwritten inscription on back reads: "Depth charge run in Caribbean Sept. 1957 // DER-327."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.6
  11. 2003.48.8 - Recommissioning as a radar picket

    Color photograph of the recommissioning ceremony for the BRISTER after conversion to a radar picket ship at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. Label on reverse reads: "July 21, 1956 USS Brister // Recomissioning Ceremony // Charleston Naval Shipyard."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.8
  12. 2003.48.9 - Recommissioning as a radar picket

    Color photograph of the recommissioning ceremony of the BRISTER as a radar picket ship at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, 21 July 1956. A large group of officers and enlisted sailors, presumably the BRISTER's new crew, are gathered on the fantail. Label on reverse reads: "July 21, 1956 USS Brister // Recomissioning Ceremony // Charleston Naval Shipyard."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.48.9
  13. 2003.71.17 - Underway

    Black and white photograph of USS BLAIR (DE-147) taken from USS BROUGH (DE-148). She is patrolling the Straits of Gibraltar. In cursive on the reverse: "Our sister ship on patrol // in the Straits of Gibraltar."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.17 Front
  14. 2003.71.22 - Group photo at Pearl Harbor

    Black and white photograph of Perry Pascotti, EM2c and five other sailors posing together for a photograph in front of a grass hut background, 18 August, 1945. In April 1945, Pascotti reported aboard the minesweeper USS SPRIG (DMS-384) after first spending his service aboard the BROUGH. Handwritten on the bottom: "On Liberty Pearl Harbor 8-18-45 // USS SPRIG DMS 384." On the reverse of the photograph, there is partially visible handwriting: "...

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.22 A
  15. 2003.71.23 - In Nova Scotia

    Black and white photograph taken off the coast of Nova Scotia. It shows a ship covered in shadows labeled as "Com-ship Zeke Nova Scotia." Handwriting on the reverse is similar: "Our Commander ship Zeke." The ship's actual name is unknown.

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.23 Front
  16. 2003.71.24 - USS Blair

    Black and white photograph of USS BLAIR (DE-147) taken from the BROUGH. Date and location is unknown. Handwritten on the reverse reads: "Sister ship USS Blair DE 147."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.24 Front
  17. 2003.71.25 - Rough Seas

    Black and white photograph of the BROUGH crashing through the seas on her way to Ireland, 1944.

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.25 Front
  18. 2003.71.26 - USS TEXAS (BB-35)

    Black and white photograph of USS TEXAS (BB-35) in the distance at Casco Bay, Maine. Handwritten on the reverse reads: "USS Texas Portland Maine."

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.26 Front
  19. 2003.71.27 - USS ARKANSAS (BB-33)

    Black and white photograph of USS ARKANSAS (BB-33) off the coast of Portland, Maine.

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.27 Front
  20. 2003.71.28 - Troop ship in Brooklyn

    Black and white photograph of an unknown troop ship in Brooklyn, NY. The handwritten caption on the bottom reads: "Ready for D Day Troop Ship." This is possibly one of the troop ships part of CU-19 BROUGH escorted in March/April 1944 or CU-24 in May 1944.

    Record Type: Photo

    2003.71.28 Front

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