Shipbucket

These look so cool. Insane detail and knowledge of the subject.

Great drawings.

Yummy well done

From what I've read it's the same reason, though I can see your point. I imagine if the guns are trained to 90 degrees outboard there would be blast danger to the crew of that torpedo tube were it trained inboard. At any rate, most of the 710s lost that set of torpedo tubes by mid-1945 (if they were even launched with them to begin with).

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Figured as much, but you're better read on this class than I am

One last submission to this thread, and somewhat breaking my "nothing postwar" rule, though this is a very minor refit.



This is GEARING (DD-710) in March of 1947, with the overall Haze Grey of the Measure US 27 (formerly Measure 13) camouflage. This was the standard haze grey scheme applied to all USN ships after World War II (even up to today).

GEARING's immediate postwar appearance shows some interesting additions, most notably the SR air search antenna on the foremast, along with a large outgrowth of tactical radio antennas. The "old reliable" Sugar George surface search is still present. DBM radar direction finder radomes have been added on a small yard ahead of the no.2 stack, and "sword" RCM antennas have been fitted aft of the forward stack, with their companion "derby" antennas on the yards. Ventilation systems have been slightly updated, and all 20mm single mounts have been replaced by twin mounts. Otherwise the ship is nearly identical to its "as built" appearance.

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Awesome!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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An awesome thread and may I beg your indulgence for some DDR conversions? Some of them were made during the war itself after all.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Check the first post.

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Splendid!