gearing class destroyer layout

(later cancelled), DD-812 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War.[3]. 44 homing ASW torpedoes. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. DD-742 to DD-743 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. However, if you would like your model made in a size other than those sizes listed, please contact us with your request. I would love to have them produce a FRAM I or II Gearing and Sumner as well. ten torpedo tubes. Tacom TKOSP-7057 1/700 US Navy Gearing Class Destroyer USS Satherland DD-743 1945 1/72 MK38 5-Inch Consecutive Gun Plastic Model, Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment, Snowman Model 1/700 US Navy Gearing Class Destroyer 1944 (DD-831 & DD-742) Fullhull Plastic Model SP07002, Home Comforts The U.S. Navy Gearing-Class Destroyer USS Dyess (DD-880) Being refuled by The Aircraft Carrier USS C Vivid Imagery Laminated Poster Print-20 Inch by 30 Inch Laminated Poster. The 40 Sumner s delivered through September 1944 were launched an average of 144 days after keel laying and commissioned after an average of 88 days more, or 232 days totalless than 2/3 the elapsed time for the average Fletcher. DD-851 to DD-853 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy. Both the Mk 32 torpedo tubes and ASROC launched Mk. (later cancelled), DD-925 to DD-926 awarded to Charleston Navy Yard. Photographs of the six retained DDRs show no markings on the DASH landing deck, as well as a much smaller deckhouse than was usually provided for DASH, so they may not have been equipped with DASH. Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6" (oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max) Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt. DD-742 to DD-743 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. ARM Netzahualcyotl (D-102), formerly USSSteinaker(DD-863), is active in the Mexican navy. // --> . In February 1943, the fantail-mounted Bofors was removed and one twin mount was placed on each side of the aft funnel, bringing the total number of 40mm to six. They were fortunate in catching American production at the right moment, becoming "the" destroyer design, with only the Fletcher-class derivatives, the Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes, following it. The remainder were sunk as targets or scrapped. DD-891 to DD-893 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. Helicopter Historical Foundation { // -->