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Gearing Class FRAM I, Group B, Tall Mast

We have prints of the GEARING-class FRAM I destroyers in this configuration: Group B with two, twin 5-inch gun mounts, one forward and one aft; a long tripod foremast with either SPS-29/37 or SPS-40 radar; one ASROC launcher; two, triple MK 32 torpedo tubes; and DASH hangar with electronics mast aft. This configuration is applicable only to the ships listed here from the early 1960s until they were decommissioned.

USS Gearing (DD-710), SPS-40
USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711), SPS-40, SS
USS William R. Rush (DD-714), SPS-29/37, SS
USS William M. Wood (DD-715), SPS-29/37
USS Wiltsie (DD-716), SPS-40
USS Hamner (DD-718), SPS-40, SS
USS Epperson (DD-719), SPS-40, DA
USS Southerland (DD-743), SPS-40
USS Rowan (DD-782), SPS-29/37
USS Gurke (DD-783), SPS-29/37
USS McKean (DD-784), SPS-29/37
USS James E. Kyes (DD-787), SPS-40
USS Higbee (DD-806), SPS-40
USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808), SPS-29/37
USS Corry (DD-817), SPS-29/37
USS New (DD-818), SPS-40
USS Holder (DD-819), SPS-40
USS Rich (DD-820), SPS-40
USS Johnston (DD-821), SPS-29/37
USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), SPS-29/37
USS Basilone (DD-824), SPS-40, DA
USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), SPS-40, SS
USS Hanson (DD-832), SPS-29/37
USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833), SPS-29/37, SS
USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), SPS-29/37
USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836), SPS-40
USS Sarsfield (DD-837), SPS-40
USS Glennon (DD-840), SPS-40
USS Fiske (DD-842), SPS-29/37
USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), SPS-40
USS Richard E. Kraus (DD-849), SPS-40
USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852), SPS-29/37
USS Vogelgesang (DD-862), SPS-40
USS Steinaker (DD-863), SPS-29/37, SS
USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864), SPS-40
USS Cone (DD-866), SPS-40
USS Brownson (DD-868), SPS-29/37
USS Fechteler (DD-870), SPS-29/37
USS Damato (DD-871), SPS-40
USS Hawkins (DD-873), SPS-40, SS
USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875), SPS-40, SS
USS Rogers (DD-876), SPS-40
USS Vesole (DD-878), SPS-29/37
USS Leary (DD-879), SPS-29/37
USS Dyess (DD-880), SPS-29/37
USS Bordelon (DD-881), SPS-40
USS Furse (DD-882), SPS-40
USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883), SPS-29/37, SS
USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), SPS-40
USS John R. Craig (DD-885), SPS-40
USS Orleck (DD-886), SPS-29/37
USS Stickell (DD-888), SPS-29/37
USS O'Hare (DD-889), SPS-29/37

Notes:

SS=The ship had Stanchion Supports under the radio/crypto rooms.

DA=The ship had a Danforth Anchor on her starboard side

29/37=The ship carried an SPS-29 or an SPS-37 air search radar (they used the same antenna)

40=The ship carried an SPS-40 air search radar.

For other GEARING FRAM I ships
 

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