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USS Mitscher (DL-2)
USS John S. McCain (DL-3)
USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4)
USS Wilkinson (DL-5)
Mitscher (DL-2) pre-FRAM configuration 1966 Color Profiles
Specifications
for this configuration were
taken from NWIP 11-20, Missions
and Characteristics of U.S. Navy
Ships and Aircraft (applicable
date/revision). The pre-FRAM
configuration is represented by
the Willis A. Lee (DL-4). USS
Willis A. Lee (DL-4), Mitscher-Class
destroyer leader. Displacement:
3,675 tons standard, 4,758 tons
full load. Dimensions: 493'-0"
overall, 50'-0" beam, 26'-0"
max. draft. Machinery: 80,000
SHP, four boilers @ 1,200
psi/950 deg. F, two geared
turbines, two shafts/propellers,
designed speed 36.5 knots,
sustained speed 34.2 knots,
range 5,000 nautical mines at 20
knots. Complement: 24 officers
and 345 enlisted. Armament: two
single 5-inch/54 cal. MK 42 gun
mounts, two twin 3-inch/70 cal.
MK 37 gun mounts, one MK 108
(Weapon Alfa) ASW rocket
launcher, four single 21-inch MK
24 torpedo tubes. Fire control:
one MK 67 GFCS/MK 25 radar
(5-in.), one MK 56 GFCS/MK 35
radar (dual), one MK 64 GFCS-
GUNAR (3-in.), and MK 102 UFCS/SQS-26
bow mounted (DL-4 and DL-5) and
QHB/SOG-1 (DL-2 and DL-3) sonar.
Radar: SPS-10 surface
search/navigational, and SPS-29
(DL-2 and DL-3) and SPS-37 (DL-4
and DL-5) air search, SPS–8
height-finding, and TACAN at
mainmast.
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