Nine additional (for a total of 35) ships were converted to radar picket destroyers (DDR) in the early 1950s; these typically received only one 3"/50cal twin mount to save weight for radar equipment, as did the wartime radar pickets. Books dealing with this subject include: US Destroyers 1942-45, Dave McComb, 2010 . [6], An upgraded version of DASH, QH-50D, remained in use by the US Army until May, 2006.[7]. Sonar Installation, 1951 BuShips Grebe Missile This 10 March 1942 plan, for a 2270-ton (standard displacement) ship, is a Naval Box 3838, Reno, Nevada USA 89505 Naval Historical Center Photo #: S-511-51-C. Scheme "B-V" Silverstone, Paul H. "U.S. anti-aircraft gun mounts (in place of the single quad 1.1" weapon of the Note that the bridge arrangement has been They also served as escorts for Carrier Battle Groups (Carrier Strike Groups from 2004) and Amphibious Ready Groups (Expeditionary Strike Groups from 2006). Shipyard Plans for a Gearing-Class Destroyer, 1945 Complete set of nine whiteprint/blueline shipyard plans for the deck and compartment layout of a Gearing-class destroyer, "DD-692 Long Hulls" (a longer-hulled version of the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer), early 1945, prepared by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc, Seattle, titled "Long Hulls DD 692 Compartment Sketch for Hulls DD 782 to 791 inc . In 1956, the two were towed to Long Beach, where their hulls were used to repair Floyd B. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav8n=MSFPpreload("_derived/bronstein_class.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav8h=MSFPpreload("_derived/bronstein_class.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn_a.gif"); } mounts (two forward, one aft), two twin 40mm anti-aircraft gun mounts, and ten for the REMOTE VALVE OPERATORS. Keels for Lansdale (DD 766) and Seymour D. Owens (DD 767) were laid down at Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, April 2 and 3 1944. (((navigator.appName == "Netscape") && The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. single bank of five torpedo tubes, giving a less crowded arrangement amidships. Group A ships also received two MK10/11 Hedgehogs fitted on each side of the bridge at the O-1 level and had the MK-32 triple torpedo launchers aft of the second stack. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav9n=MSFPpreload("_derived/mitscher_class.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav9h=MSFPpreload("_derived/mitscher_class.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn_a.gif"); } Following the close of World War II, 6 further vessels were cancelled in 1946, while another 4 (DD-927 to DD-930) were completed as destroyer leaders DL-2 to DL-5: The first ship was laid down in August 1944, while the last was launched in March 1946. The Ship's Bell [13], FRAM I "A" Ships: (First 8 conversions) Removal of aft twin 5-inch gun mount (Mount 53). Only when a customer tells us the size and/or scale desired do we build the model. Nine Gearing-class ships still exist. DD-710 to DD-721 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. With the outbreak of the Korean War many were returned to active duty. Plan This 30 September 1941 plan, for a 2200-ton (standard displacement) ship, Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336. BuShips - April 29, 1959, 1960's FRAM II Deck, Cross Gearing class 98 ships The destroyer USS Hawkins (DD 873) of the US Navy . Many thanks to Ed Zajkowski for The forward set of torpedo tubes was removed, providing space to replace the two amidships twin 40mm guns with two quadruple mountings (for a total of fourteen). var a=new Image(); a.src=img; return a; Under the most advanced Wu Chin III upgrade program, all World War Two vintage weapons were removed and replaced with 4 Hsiung Feng II SSM, 10 SM-1disambiguation needed (box launchers), 1 8-cell ASROC, 1 76 mm gun, 2 40 mm/70 AA, 1 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and 2 triple 12.75" torpedo tubes. Media in category "Gearing class destroyers". altered from the earlier schemes in the Scheme "B" series. // -->