Brier (IX 307) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USCGC Bluebell (W 313) A sister of Brier (IX 307) showing the configuration of this class of eight ships, all of which were built by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, Iowa, except Bluebell by the Birchfield Boiler, Inc., of Tacoma, Wash. Photo No. None Source: www.crsoa.net/uploads/1/1/8/5/118557203/ web_version_crsoa_february_2019_luncheon.pdf |
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USCGC Bluebell (W 313) A sister of Brier showing the configuration of this class of 100-foot bay and sound buoy tenders. Photo No. None Source: www.crsoa.net/uploads/1/1/8/5/118557203/ web_version_crsoa_february_2019_luncheon.pdf |
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USCGC Bluebell (W 313) The 70-year old sister of Brier moored along the Willamette River waterfront in Portland, Ore., on 4 June 2015 during the 100th year of the Portland Rose Festival. She is displaying her buoy tending capability. A modern crane has replaced her original kingpost and boom forward of the bridge. Photo No. 150604-G-QL499-595 (Coast Guard photo) Source: www.dvidshub.net/image/1975945/2015-portland-rose-festival#.VgizcCued-I |
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F/V Brier (ex IX 307) After being rebuilt as an oyster dredge but still showing much of her previous configuration. Photographed by Kyle Stubbs on 8 August 2017 moored on the Pequonnock River in Bridgeport, Connecticut while owned by Hillard Bloom Shellfish Inc, Norwalk, Conn. Photo No. None Source: www.shipspotting.com/photos/2736518. Copyright Kyle Stubbs |
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