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Forrest Sherman-Class Group A
(See description
and ship listings below)

Forrest Sherman-Class Group B
(See description
and ship listings--Group B
below)

USS Forrest Sherman
Class AAW and ASW Conversions
We now
have full color prints for the three groups of the USS Forrest Sherman
(DD-931)-class destroyers in their AAW (Antiaircraft) and ASW (Antisubmarine)
configurations. Hull numbers for the AAW conversions were changed from DD
numbers to new DDG numbers. Hull numbers for the ASW conversions did not change
from their original DD numbers.
AAW
Conversions: The following equipment is shown: Main Battery: one single 5-in./54
cal. MK 42 gun mount. Missile Battery: one single MK 13 launcher for
Tartar/Standard-MR SAM and Harpoon SSM. ASW Weapons: one 8-tube MK 16 ASROC
launcher and two 12.75-inch 3-tube MK 32 torpedo tube mounts. Fire Control: one
MK 68 GFCS, one MK 4 weapons FCS, one MK 74 missile FCS, and one MK 114 ASW FCS.
Radar: SPS-29/37 or SPS-40 air search set (see Group Lists below), SPS-10
surface/navigational set, and SPS-48 3-D air search set. Sonar: SQS-23 keel
mounted set.
ASW
Conversions: The following equipment is shown: Main Battery: two single 5-in./54
cal. MK 42 gun mounts. ASW Weapons: one 8-tube MK 16 ASROC launcher and two
triple MK 32 torpedo tube mounts. Fire Control: one MK 68 GFCS, one MK 56 GFCS,
and one MK 114 ASW FCS. Radar: SPS-29/37 or SPS-40 air search set (see Group
Lists below) and SPS-10 surface/navigational set. Sonar: SQS-23 keel mounted
(bow mounted for DD-933) and SQS-35 IVDS/SQA-13 hoist mechanism sets.
Distinctive features: Group A, low forecastle, Group B and Group C, higher
forecastle, otherwise as Group A.
SHIP LISTS
Group A
USS John
Paul Jones (DDG-32) - SPS-29/37
USS Barry (DD-933) - SPS-29/37
Group B
USS Decatur (DDG-31) - SPS-29/37
USS Davis (DD-937) - SPS-29/37
USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) - SPS-29/37
USS Manley (DD-940) - SPS- 29/37
USS Du Pont (DD-941) - SPS-40
USS Blandy (DD-943) - SPS-29/37
Group
C
USS Somers
(DDG-34) - SPS-40
USS Morton (DD-948) - SPS-40
USS Parsons (DDG-33) - SPS-29/37
USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950)
- SPS-40
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