Shipyard Overhaul Plans, Plans This was possibly due to inadequate maintenance support, as other services had few difficulties with DASH. The 40 mm and 20 mm guns were replaced by 2-6 3"/50 caliber guns (up to 2 x 2, 2 x 1). FRAM I and FRAM II conversions were completed 1960-65. He informed me that, unfortunately, Dragon is in a hiatus from any further new destroyers for awhile. Ten Gearing-class ships still exist. Other notable changes are a modified bridge arrangement and two twin 40mm [citation needed], The Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH was an unmanned anti-submarine helicopter, controlled remotely from the ship. & Compartment & Access - Inboard Profile, 1947 DD-692 Class Long Foundation; unauthorized use is PROHIBITED by Federal Law. All Rights Reserved. ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && Importantly, it did not include ASROC. One depth charge rack was removed and two Hedgehog ASW mortar mounts added. Lacking ASROC, the FRAM II ships were disposed of in 1969-74. Platforms The Gearing class was a seemingly minor improvement of the previous Sumner class, which were built from 1943 until 1945. Foundation; unauthorized use is PROHIBITED by Federal Law. (later cancelled), DD-896 to DD-904 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The first Gearings were not ready for service until mid-1945 and thus saw little service in World War II. 2013. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. (later cancelled), DD-812 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. ten torpedo tubes. They continued serving, with a series of upgrades, until the 1970s. This 30 September 1941 plan, for a 2135-ton (standard displacement) ship, provides a slightly updated Fletcher (DD-445) class destroyer, retaining its five single 5"/38 gun mounts (two of which are semi-open mounts) but eliminating one bank of five torpedo tubes to achieve a less crowding amidships. As of April 2012 two were laid up in non-operational condition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan: ROCS Chien Yang (ex-James E. Kyes) and ROCS Sheng Yang, (ex-Power). [6], The FRAM I program was an extensive conversion for the Gearing-class destroyers. At that time many were sold to other nations, where they served many more years. (Resolution 3679x1751 File Size 1.1 MB), Second, Third and Hold Ten more unnamed vessels (DD-894, DD-895, and DD-917 to DD-924) awarded to Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, and four more (DD-905 to DD-908) awarded to Boston Navy Yard, and another two (DD-925 and DD-926) awarded to Charleston Navy Yard, were all cancelled on 27 March 1945. They continued serving, with a series of upgrades, until the 1970s. The first two destroyers began FRAM in Boston, Massachusetts and Long Beach, California shipyards in March 1959. The K-guns were retained. Upgraded systems included SQS-23 sonar, SPS-10 surface search radar, 2 triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes, 8-cell Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) box launcher, and one QH-50C DASH ASW drone helicopter, with its own landing pad and hangar. The drone could carry 2 Mk.44 homing ASW torpedoes. Under the most advanced Wu Chin III upgrade program, all World War II vintage weapons were removed and replaced with four Hsiung Feng II surface-to-surface missiles, ten SM-1 (box launchers), one 8-cell ASROC, one 76mm (3in) Otobreda gun, two Bofors 40mm AA, one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and two triple 12.75in (324mm) torpedo tubes. On 11 May 1962, Agerholm tested a live nuclear ASROC in the "Swordfish" test. its five single 5"/38 gun mounts (two of which are semi-open mounts) but This 30 September 1941 plan, for a 2180-ton (standard displacement) ship, // -->