USN Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer

[Ross486]

Anybody else planning on using this class of destroyer if added into the game.  I would probably use the Fletcher class or this class both would be excellent additions to any team in World of Warships.

http://www.warshipsw...mg/rysdd692.gif

[Ross486]

USS O'Brien

http://destroyerhist...25obrien_01.jpg

[Ross486]

Here is the characteristics of this class

http://destroyerhist.../702hank_01.jpg

Class overview Name:

Allen M. Sumner class destroyer Cost: $8 million, excluding armament In commission: 1943-1975 (USN) Planned: 70 Completed: 58 Lost: 4 sunk in battle Preserved:

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General characteristics Type: Destroyer Displacement: 2,200-2,220 tons standard

3,515 tons full load Length: 369 ft (112.5 m) waterline

376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) overall

376 ft (114.6 m) overall (DD.725-728 & 730-734) Beam: 41 ft (12.5 m)

40 ft (12.2 m) (DD.692-709)

40 ft 9 in (12.4 m) (DD.744)

41 ft 3 in (12.6 m) (DD.770-776) Draft: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) normal

19 ft (5.8 m) full load

18 ft 9 in (18.4 m) full load (DD.735-40 & 749-751 & 771-773) Propulsion: 4 Babcock & Wilcox or Foster Wheeler providing 60,000 shp (45 MW) to drive General Electric or Westinghouse geared turbines; two shafts Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h) Range: 6,000 nmi at 15 knots (11,100 km @28 km/h)

503 tons oil fuel (except DD.692-709 500 tons, DD.735-740 515 tons) Complement: 336-363 Armament: <ul> <li>6 ×

[Ross486]

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[igorfc]

That's a very nice ship indeed!

[Ross486]

Agreed

[El3m3nttt]

I think it's a worthy successor to the older Fletcher class, especially the armament compared to the older 5 single weapon turrets it has better armament with it's 6 5" batteries in dual turrets, it is very worth the duty of a defensive Destroyer for the Carriers it would have defended had the ship been designed earlier in WWII .

[Wunderwaffen1945]

+1 Best form of fletcher class, best AA ship after Atlanta

[Ross486]

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[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

Great looking destroyer I say it would be tier 3 up to maybe just maybe tier 5 but it will most likely be tier 4ish and is it using the 5 inch twin batteries?

[El3m3nttt]

tankwarhammer9000, on 10 January 2013 - 10:35 PM, said:

Great looking destroyer I say it would be tier 3 up to maybe just maybe tier 5 but it will most likely be tier 4ish and is it using the 5 inch twin batteries?

Yes, Dual Turreted 5 Inchers adding 1 extra 5 Inch gun and 2-3 extra Dual 40 MM Bofors, and a Combat Information Center(CIC) making it the first Destroyer class ship with a CIC.

[mrlazorz]

Ha! I visited the USS Laffey recently. Lemme get some pics up, I'll show you guys:

 

USS Laffey, DD-upwards of 600. EDIT: Guy on the bottom righ left. in the BSA uniform is my scout leader. He's crazy but does fun, sketchy things.

 

A dual-mount 5" turret. Only one is open to the public, but my scoutmaster is one hell of a sneaky devil and we managed to see all three. They are both rusted like crazy.

A shell room. This actually has a chain across the opening and there is a hatch in the roof that leads to the elevated turret. Was unlocked and we looked inside, apparently.

Rear shot

That's the turret we entered from below.

A depth charge.

A hatch that happened to be unlocked. It leads to a rusted void tank apparently.

A section of closed-off engine room- you had to lift up a set of stairs to access it, which we did. Yay exploring!

 

And those are all the pictures I took of the destroyer.

[Jracule]

You have the Gearing listed, but the USS Gearing was the lead ship of a new destroyer class. The Gearing class was an improvement over the Sumner class through the addition of a lengthened hull, roughly 14ft if memory serves. This allowed for additional fuel to be carried, increasing the range. Otherwise, the ships were nearly identical.

[Crag_r]

wow you do fun stuff in scouts mrlazorz, all we do in rovers is get drunk

 

wait did i say that out-loud... oops  :Smile_ohmy:

[Ross486]

Jracule, on 14 January 2013 - 01:54 AM, said:

You have the Gearing listed, but the USS Gearing was the lead ship of a new destroyer class. The Gearing class was an improvement over the Sumner class through the addition of a lengthened hull, roughly 14ft if memory serves. This allowed for additional fuel to be carried, increasing the range. Otherwise, the ships were nearly identical.

I knew that my bad but that is a good picture so i am just gonna leave it in this thread.

[Haguro]

(+1) for Ross and mrlazorz

According to Conway's the Gearing class was basically a Sumner class lengthened 14 feet.  As previously mentioned this increased fuel capacity, but also reduced wave making resistance that restored some speed.  Early on they were also referred to as 'long-hull Sumners'.

Sumner class

http://destroyerhist.../702hank_01.jpg

Gearing class

http://destroyerhist...earingclass.jpg

 

Both classes would certainly make good choices for a destroyer to command.  6 x 5 inch / 38 DP main armament and  (10) 21 inch torpedo tubes will make them very effective in the destroyer role.

[mrlazorz]

Crag_r, on 14 January 2013 - 01:59 AM, said:

wow you do fun stuff in scouts mrlazorz, all we do in rovers is get drunk

wait did i say that out-loud... oops  :Smile_ohmy:

The fun thing is finding all the hatches with misplaces/bad locks.

Or going "off-tour" on the carrier, e.g. to the anchor room (off tour, cool place) or below decks (found at midnight by scoutleader and his friend. We never went.) Those ships are fun.

[anonym_s4TCbLNuhWyC]

Haguro, on 14 January 2013 - 06:28 AM, said:

(+1) for Ross and mrlazorz
According to Conway's the Gearing class was basically a Sumner class lengthened 14 feet.  As previously mentioned this increased fuel capacity, but also reduced wave making resistance that restored some speed.  Early on they were also referred to as 'long-hull Sumners'.
Sumner class
http://destroyerhist.../702hank_01.jpg
Gearing class
http://destroyerhist...earingclass.jpg

Both classes would certainly make good choices for a destroyer to command.  6 x 5 inch / 38 DP main armament and  (10) 21 inch torpedo tubes will make them very effective in the destroyer role.

My god I really want that Destroyer in my Garage/Harbor

[mrlazorz]

tankwarhammer9000, on 19 January 2013 - 03:10 AM, said:

My god I really want that Destroyer in my Garage/Harbor

Go play NavyFIELD. It's the second US destroyer.