DD-858 to DD-861 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro. DD-742 to DD-743 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Grebe was the only ship-launched missile in the Kingfisher family, the others (including the AUM-N-2 Petrel (Kingfisher C), AUM-N-4 Diver (Kingfisher D) and AUM-N-6 Puffin (Kingfisher F)) all being air-launched. Aluminum Tripod Mast Odd's & End's Shipyard Plans USS Sarsfield (DD-837) Gearing Class destroyer in 1945. These had the same ASW armament as a Gearing FRAM destroyer, with the addition of improved sonar and a piloted helicopter, initially the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite and from 1984 the Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk. 2013. The normal procedure is a 50% deposit with the commissioning, with the balance due prior to shipping. form above, is the Trademark of and owned by the Gyrodyne Helicopter Historical The Gearing design was similar to the Sumner class but with a longer hull length of 14 feet to allow for additional fuel (giving the ship a longer range than the Sumner class) and other upgrades including AA armament . She was canceled 7 January 1946; her hulk was launched 7 May, but not sold for scrapping until 12 September 1961. To see more of this set of plans go to the Historic She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III. Warships of World War II", Ian Allan Ltd., London:1965. [citation needed], The Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH was an unmanned anti-submarine helicopter, controlled remotely from the ship. Home Comforts The U.S. Navy Gearing-Class Destroyer USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) at Hong Kong, in 1969. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav7n=MSFPpreload("_derived/dealey_class_de.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav7h=MSFPpreload("_derived/dealey_class_de.htm_cmp_clearday110_hbtn_a.gif"); } content are herein copyrighted and owned exclusively by Gyrodyne Helicopter Forty-five commissioned before the end of the war, 62 by the end of 1945 and 91 through 1946, followed by two more (Lloyd Thomas and Keppler) in 1947, four more (Epperson, Basilone, Carpenter and Robert A. Owens, with anti-submarine warfare modifications) in 1949, and a final one, (Timmerman, with an experimental engineering plant) in 1952. DM23 Conversion, 1954 BuShips Proposed Air This fire control system provided effective long-range anti-aircraft (AA) or anti-surface fire. anti-aircraft gun mounts (in place of the single quad 1.1" weapon of the // --> . Ship Stabilizer Installation, 1951 BuShips DD-692 Class (later cancelled), DD-905 to DD-908 awarded to Boston 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. // -->