This 10 March 1942 plan, for a 2270-ton (standard displacement) ship, is a They were replaced as ASW ships by the Spruance-class destroyers, which were commissioned 1975-83. (later cancelled), DD-815 to DD-825 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. Under the most advanced Wu Chin III upgrade program, all World War II vintage weapons were removed and replaced with four Hsiung Feng II surface-to-surface missiles, ten SM-1 (box launchers), one 8-cell ASROC, one Otobreda 76 mm (3 in) gun, two Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 AA, one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and two triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes. On 21 June, 1942, O'Bannon was inclined at Bath. In combat, commanders often requisitioned additional guns with some ships mounting up to thirteen 20mm cannons. One depth charge rack was removed and two Hedgehog ASW mortar mounts added. Custom orders are our specialty! Superstructure Modification Plans, 1960's FRAM II Deck, Cross [8][9][10], In Navy slang, the modified destroyers were called "FRAM cans", "can" being a contraction of "tin can", the slang term for a destroyer or destroyer escort. All three American museum ships have been designated as National Historic Landmarks. Ed Zajkowski has many plans from 1944 and 1945 along with corresponding photosof the interior of Sumner Class Destroyers on NavSource at page In March 1945, the orders for 36 of the above vessels were cancelled, and 11 more orders were cancelled in August 1945. One depth charge rack was removed and two Hedgehog mounts added. The Gyrodyne Helicopter Historical Foundation (GHHF) is a Articles containing Chinese-language text, Articles with links needing disambiguation from November 2015, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/fram.htm, http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/qh-50c1.htm, http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/gyrodyne_today.htm, "Chao Yang-class [Gearing] Destroyer - Republic of China [Taiwan] Navy", http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/taiwan/chao-yang.htm, http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/gearing_class.htm, List of destroyers of the United States Navy, List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy, 2,616tons standard; 3,460tons full load, 2 shaft; General Electric steam turbines; 4 boilers; 60,000shp, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington, Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York.