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Photo # NH 98433:  USS Bradley underway in 1965

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041), 1965-1989

USS Bradley, the second of ten 2,620-ton Garcia class escort ships, was built at San Francisco, California, and commissioned in May 1965. Her first deployment to the Westen Pacific between July and December 1966 included four months of gunfire support along the coast of South Vietnam and carrier escort duty in the Gulf of Tonkin. In February 1967 Bradley received the prototype destroyer installation of the Sea Sparrow Basic Point Defense Missile System (BPDMS). After intensive trials between May and September, the system was removed in September.

Bradley commenced her second deployment to Southeast Asia in December 1967 but was diverted to the Sea of Japan in response to the North Korean capture of USS Pueblo (AGER-2). In March she resumed carrier escort and gunfire support duties off South Vietnam. After a final tour on the gun line in June, during which she fired 3,247 rounds in 10 days from her two 5"/38 guns, she returned to San Diego in July 1968. Her first regular overhaul between October 1968 and May 1969 featured a major upgrade to her SQS-26 sonar and extensive work on her two tempermental pressure-fired boilers. Bradley's third deployment featured a gun line tour in January 1970, surveillance of the Soviet Navy's worldwide "Okean" exercise in April, and more carrier escort and gunfire support duty lasting into June. During the next five years Bradley conducted three additional deployments to Southeast Asia, interrupted by a second regular overhaul in 1971-72.

In June 1975 Bradley began a year-long overhaul which included the enlargement of her helicopter hangar. In July 1975 she was reclassifed from escort ship (DE) to frigate (FF). After trials in mid 1976, Bradley conducted two more deployments, each of which included lengthy operations in the Indian Ocean, before entering the shipyard in mid-1979 for another one year overhaul. Repeating this pattern, she conducted another two deployments, this time ranging between Korea and Malaysia, before starting another year-long overhaul in mid-1983, primarily to remedy boiler problems. The ship made one more Western Pacific deployment between mid-1986 and January 1987 and a Northern Pacific cruise in May-June 1988 before decommissioning in September 1988.

In September 1989 Bradley was leased to Brazil at San Diego and became the destroyer Pernambuco (D 30). She was stricken from the U. S. Navy and sold outright to Brazil in January 2001. She remains active in the Brazilian Navy into her 39th year afloat, having participated at sea in seven exercises between early 2001 and early 2003.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Additional Views, 1965-1975.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Views Taken in 1976, After Installation of a Larger Helicopter Hangar.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Miscellaneous Views, 1976 and Later.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Construction Views.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Commissioning Ceremony, 15 May 1965.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 98498

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Starboard bow view of the ship underway in April or May 1965.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98497

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Starboard broadside view of the ship underway in April or May 1965.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96757

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, starboard side view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96758

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, starboard quarter view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96714

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, port quarter view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96759

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, port broadside view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96760

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, direct stern view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 61KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96761

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Underway in July 1965, direct bow view.
    Photographed by the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 81KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99938

    USS Bradley
    (DE-1041)

    Underway, circa mid-1965.

    Courtesy of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2005.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98433

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Probably photographed in mid-1965 shortly after completion.

    Courtesy of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR, 2003.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98499

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)


    Stern view of the ship underway, probably in mid- or late 1965.
    The helicopter deck has been repainted for manned helicopter operations.

    Photographed by USS Kearsarge (CVS-33)

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 92KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 67240-KN (Color)

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)

    Jacket patch of the ship's insignia in use circa the later 1960s.

    Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 580 x 715 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103113-KN (Color)

    USS Bradley (DE-1041)

    Wall plaque featuring the ship's insignia used during the later 1960s and early 1970s.
    The Latin motto in the lower ribbon reads "Liber ac sapiens esto".

    Courtesy of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Ret.), 2004.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 162KB; 625 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Additional Views, 1965-1975.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Views Taken in 1976, After Installation of a Larger Helicopter Hangar.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Miscellaneous Views, 1976 and Later.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Construction Views.
  • USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) -- Commissioning Ceremony, 15 May 1965.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 29 June 2003
    New image added 10 October 2005