This upgrade program included life-extension refurbishment, a new radar system, ASROC, Mk. This upgrade included rebuilding the ship's superstructure, electronic systems, radar, sonar, and weapons. A destroyer can only roll so far before it. for how to set up for TOWING, Plans for the PIPE/SPRING
anti-aircraft gun mounts (in place of the single quad 1.1" weapon of the
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One depth charge rack was removed and two Hedgehog mounts added. Naval Historical Center
How to paint those bow and fantail HULL NUMBERS thanks to Jon Barrett of Navy Yard Associates. Both the Mk 32 torpedo tubes and ASROC launched Mk 44 homing ASW torpedoes. Both the Mk 32 torpedo tubes and ASROC launched Mk. Lacking ASROC, the FRAM II ships were disposed of in 1969-74. (later cancelled), DD-925 to DD-926 awarded to Charleston Navy Yard. Twenty-four ships (DD-742, DD743, 805-808, 829, 831-835, and 874-883) were ordered without torpedo tubes to allow for radar picket equipment; these were redesignated as DDRs in 1948. went aboard and special operations,
DD-809 to DD-811 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Three twin 5"/38cal Mark 38 dual purpose (DP) mounts constituted the main battery. BuShips - September 4, 1951, 1954 BuShips Proposed Air
Hull - Hunter Killer (Proposed)
$1519. The remainder were sunk as targets or scrapped. Historical Foundation, unless otherwise stated. unclear. [5], In the late 1950s and early 1960s, 79 of the Gearing-class destroyers underwent extensive modernization overhauls, known as FRAM I, which were designed under project SCB 206[6] to convert them from an anti-aircraft destroyer to an anti-submarine warfare platform. The last batch of 7WC-III program vessels, all of them Gearing class, were retired in the early 2000s.[17]. DD-710 to DD-721 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. As the US Navys newest destroyers, none were mothballed after the war. DM23 Conversion
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-inch twin mount to save weight for radar equipment, as did the wartime radar pickets. DD-891 to DD-893 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. Friedman, Norman; Lott, Arnold & Sumrall, Custom Gearing (DD) Class Destroyer Ship Cap Blue. Three twin 5in (127mm)/38 caliber Mark 38 dual purpose (DP) mounts constituted the main battery. Twelve 40 mm guns and 11 20 mm guns were also retained. BuShips - August 20, 1947, This is a large image, note the main armament would have
been 3"/70s and MK108 Rocket Launchers. FRAM I removed all of the DDR and DDE equipment, and these ships were redesignated as DDs. This led to shift to the LAMPS program of manned helicopters, which the Gearing class were too small to accommodate. (later cancelled), DD-815 to DD-825 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. DD-862 to DD-872 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. The drone could carry 2 Mk.44 homing ASW torpedoes. All Photographs, technical specifications, and
The Gearing class was a seemingly minor improvement of the Allen M. Sumner class, built from 1943 until 1945. The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing Class Frigate was for all intents and purposes, a missle (sic) boat. United States naval ship classes of World War II, "Chao Yang-class [Gearing] Destroyer - Republic of China [Taiwan] Navy", "Destroyer Photo Index DD-873 / DDR-873 USS HAWKINS", NavSource.org Destroyer Photo Gallery index page, List of destroyers of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gearing-class_destroyer&oldid=1137484913, Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy, World War II destroyers of the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2016, Articles containing Chinese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 4,500nmi (8,300km; 5,200mi) at 20kn (37km/h; 23mph), Sold to Iran, 13 January 1975, to be broken up for spare parts, Transferred to South Korea in 1978; retired in 2000; became museum ship; scrapped December 2016, Sunk as target off Puerto Rico during ReadEx 1-83 in March 1983, Sold to the Republic of China, 12 October 1972, Ran aground and wrecked while under tow, 22 August 1977, Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1977, Transferred to South Korea, 23 February 1977, Transferred to Republic of China, 27 February 1981, Transferred to Greece for spare parts, 2 August 1980, Transferred to South Korea, 30 October 1972, Transferred to Republic of China, 18 April 1973, Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1974. [10] Typically, Babcock & Wilcox boilers and General Electric geared steam turbines were equipped, although other designs and manufacturers were probably used to maximize the rate of production. The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the design was generally regarded as highly successful. All FRAM IIs retained two Hedgehogs alongside either the No. Thereafter, some were sold to the navies of Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Ecuador, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and Uruguay, served through the 1990s. Transferred to Republic of China, 1 October 1977 and become museum at An-Pin harbor TAI-NAN, TAIWAN. // -->