DD-692 Sumner Class
Destroyers
which received the
3-in./50 cal. guns for the armament conversion program of the early 1950s.
We now have full color prints
for the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) class destroyers as they appeared after
the 3-in./50 cal. armament conversion program of the early 1950s which was
carried out on all but a few of the ships. This program replaced the twin 40-mm
gun mounts with a single 3-in. gun mount and the quadruple 40-mm gun mounts
with a twin 3-in. gun mount. These prints are for the DD version ONLY
and DO NOT cover the ships converted to DDR, DDE, and other
special types. For this release their armament consists of three twin 5-in gun
mounts, two single 3-in. gun mounts, two twin 3-in. gun mounts, and one
quintuple 21-in. torpedo tube mount.
There are two
configurations for the twin 3-in. gun mounts on the after end
of the superstructure deck. The inline version with both gun
mounts on the centerline aft of their MK 56 director and the
offset version with the forward gun mount offset to port, the
after gun mount on the centerline, and their MK 56 director
between them. The Sumners available in the offset arrangement
are listed below.
SUMNER
Class - Offset
USS Allen M.
Sumner (DD-692)
USS English (DD-696)
USS Charles S.
Sperry (DD-697)
USS John W. Weeks (DD-701)
USS Hank
(DD-702)
USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703)
USS Compton
(DD-705)
USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708)
USS Hugh Purvis
(DD-709)
USS Walke (DD-723)
USS O'Brien (DD-725)
USS
Maddox (DD-731)
USS Hyman (DD-732)
USS Purdy
(DD-734)
USS Blue (DD-744)
USS Alfred A. Cunningham
(DD-752)
