:::: Modern Warships - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GEARING FRAM 1 x 2
Code - N669
£1.35
Class - 75
Date - 1965
Type - DD
Description - GEARING FRAM 1 x 2 N669 WW2 destroyers modernised 1960-65 under Fleet Rehabilitation & Modernization plan to increase useful life by 8 years. c 44 ships converted in all.
Displacement 2,525 tons Speed 34 knots
Dimensions 390' x 41' x 19'
Armament 4 x 5" D.P.
ASW 2 triple ASROC
Torpedo Tubes 2 x triple ASW
Sisters include Gearing, Baussell, Brownson,Glennon,
Gurke,Hamner, Henderson,Hollister, Rowan, Sarsfield.
