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USS Gearing Class FRAM II
DDR (1960s Conversions) Early Configuration
USS
Gearing Class FRAM II DDR (1960s Conversions) Later Configuration
USS Gearing Class FRAM II DDR (1960s
Conversions) Color Profiles
We now
have full color profiles for the six Gearing-class radar picket destroyers
converted during the FRAM II modernization program of the 1960s. There were two
basic configurations during this reconstruction program: the ships as originally
rebuilt (Early Configuration) and the ships as upgraded (Later Configuration)
with new radar and sonar.
The
Early Configuration had three twin 5-in. gun mounts, two triple MK 32 torpedo
tube mounts, two MK 10/11 Hedgehog mounts, tripod foremast with SPS-29/37 air
search and SPS-10 surface search/navigational radars, SPS-8 height-finding radar
on an after deckhouse, Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) on the after stack mast
above the ECM antennas, and SQS-23 hull-mounted sonar.
The
Later Configuration had three twin 5-in. gun mounts, two triple MK 32 torpedo
tube mounts, two MK 10/11 Hedgehog mounts, tripod foremast with SPS-29/37 air
search and SPS-10 surface search/navigational radars, SPS-30 height-finding
radar on an after deckhouse, Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) on the after stack
mast above the ECM antennas, SQS-23 hull-mounted, and SQS-31/32 Variable Depth
Sonar (VDS) sonar/SQA-10 hoist.
The
following ships are available in the FRAM II DDR Early Configuration and Later
Configuration. The profiles above indicate the differences between the two
configurations.
USS
Kenneth D. Bailey (DDR-713)
USS Frank Knox (DDR-742)
USS Goodrich (DDR-831)
USS Turner (DDR-834)
USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838)
USS Duncan (DDR-874)
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