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Breher, Philip Frederick (Freddy), MMC USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Gretna, LA
Last Address Born in Brooklynn, New York. Raised in Gretna, Louisana. Passed away peacefully in Laurel, Delaware from a Service Connected Illness.
Date of Passing Jan 27, 2001
Location of Interment Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery - Millsboro, Delaware
Although you are is gone, you are not forgotted. What you started has continued. We salute you daily. Your many professional & personal accomplishments shall not flury. The memories of you lives on through us. You stand relieved of the watch - your three sons have taken up this position. To the old SEA DOG - My Father, Mentor, Shipmate, and Fraternal Brother - Rest in Peace, you have served everyone, including your family and country very well.
CLASS - BROOKLYN
Displacement 9,700 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 4" (oa) x 61' 9" x 24' (Max)
Armament 15 x 6"/47, 8 x 5"/25, 8 x 0.5" 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 5" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 868. Operational and Building Data
Authorized and Ordered 1933
Keel laid on 12 MAR 1935 by the New York Navy Yard
Launched 30 NOV 1936
Commissioned 30 SEP 1937
Commissioned in Reserve 30 JAN 1946
Decommissioned 03 JAN 1947
CNO approval of transfer to Chile 09 JAN 1951
Stricken 22 JAN 1951
Accepted by Chile 19 JUN 1951 and renamed O'HIGGINS (02)
Decommissioned 14 JAN 1992
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Combat Action Ribbon - American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Other Memories 1940 - Seaman Recruit to Seaman Second 1941 - Seaman Second to Seaman First Class 1941 - Seaman First to Fireman First Class 1942 - Fireman First to Machinist Mate Third 1943 - MM3 to MM2
