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USS SIMS (DD-409) Class Color
Profiles
This release is represented by
the USS Mustin (DD-409) as
outfitted October 1943.
USS MUSTIN (DD-413), SIMS-CLASS
destroyer. Displacement: 1,951
trial, 2,465 full load.
Dimensions: 348'-4" overall,
36'-0" beam, 17'-9" max. draft.
Machinery: 50,000 SHP, three B &
W boilers @ 565 psi/750 deg. F,
two Westinghouse geared
turbines, two shafts/propellers,
speed 37 knots, range 5,640
nautical miles at 12 knots,
3,660 nautical miles at 20
knots. Complement: 10 officer
and 182 enlisted. Armament: four
single 5-inch/38 caliber gun
mounts, two twin 40mm gun
mounts, four single 20mm gun
mounts, two quadruple 21-inch
torpedo tube mounts, two depth
charge tracks (for 600 lb.
charges), and four single K-gun
depth charge projectors (for
300lb. charges). Fire Control:
one MK 37 GFCS (for 5-inch
battery), two MK 51 (for 40mm
battery). Radar: one SC air
search set and one SG surface
search set. Sonar: one QC set.
Specifications for this
configuration of the Sims Class
were taken from Ships’ Data U.S.
Naval Vessels, Vol. 1, April
1945. Because of weight and
other as built problems various
changes to individual units of
the Sims Class were made to
correct the problems. The Mustin
was chosen because it is most
representative of a typical
wartime version.
USS SIMS DD-409
USS HUGHES DD-410
USS ANDERSON DD-411
USS HAMMANN DD-412
USS MUSTIN DD-413
USS RUSSELL DD-414
USS O'BRIEN DD-415
USS WALKE DD-416
USS MORRIS 417
USS ROE DD-418
USS WAINWRIGHT DD-419
USS BUCK DD-420
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