Keels for the remaining 47 (DD 809816, 854856 and 891926) were never laid down. overhaul. To set this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: |state=collapsed: { {Gearing class destroyer|state=collapsed}} to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar. Defense Station Keep fingers and dust away - forever! Robert. 44 homing ASW torpedoes. The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. October 18, 1968, Cover/Title Page with The 5-inch guns were guided by a Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System with a Mark 25 fire control radar linked by a Mark 1A Fire Control Computer stabilized by a Mark 6 8,500 rpm gyro. November 24, 1961, A Sincere Thank You to Chuck Naval Historical Center Photo #: S-511-51-C. Scheme "B-V" The first Gearings were not ready for service until mid-1945 and thus saw little service in World War II. The FRAM II ships retained all six 5-inch guns, except the DDEs retained four 5-inch guns and a trainable Hedgehog in the No. In March 1945, the orders for 36 of the above vessels were cancelled, and 11 more orders were cancelled in August 1945. Every model includes pedestals, mounted on a polished mahogany base board. for alterations to the SMOKEPIPES, Plans its five single 5"/38 gun mounts (two of which are semi-open mounts) but Historical Foundation, unless otherwise stated. This upgrade included rebuilding the ship's superstructure, engines, electronic systems, radar, sonar, and weapons. The Fletchers had a design speed of 38 knots (70km/h; 44mph) and a principal armament of five 5-inch (127mm) guns in single mounts with ten 21-inch (530mm) torpedo tubes in two quintuple centerline mounts. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class. After the Yang-class destroyers were decommissioned, the SM-1 launch boxes were moved to Chi Yang-class frigates to improve their anti-air capability. the education and preservation of the history of the Ships, the Men and the Ship Stabilizer Installation, 1951 BuShips DD-692 Class [8] As with other previous U.S. flush deck destroyer designs, seagoing performance suffered. Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336. sending us this rare document. DD-815 would have been named. (later cancelled), DD-812 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. She was canceled 7 January 1946; her hulk was launched 7 May, but not sold for scrapping until 12 September 1961. In 1956, the two were towed to Long Beach, where their hulls were used to repair Floyd B. A keel for Seaman ((DD 791) was laid down at Todd 10 July 1945. DD-891 to DD-893 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. 31 vessels were authorized on 9 July 1942: 4 vessels were authorized on 13 May 1942: 3 vessels were authorized on 27 March 1943 under the VinsonTrammell Act: 114 vessels were authorized on 19 July 1943 under the 70% Expansion Act: (Of the missing numbers in this sequence - 722 to 741, 744 to 762, 770 to 781, and 857 were allocated to orders for Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers; 792 to 804 were awarded to orders for Fletcher-class destroyers.). [16], After the Gearing-class ships were retired from USN service, many were sold abroad, including over a dozen to the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) in Taiwan. This alteration was not a success and was not repeated. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. provides two twin 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mounts (one forward and one atop Historical Center Photo #: S-511-51. // -->