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DD-841 in Feb 1962 reference pics, anyone?

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Posted by MBT70 on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:09 PM
Wow ... that answered a lot of questions. And the Medal of Honor action cited on one of the links was awesome. Thanks a bunch!
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Posted by ddp59 on Monday, June 20, 2005 1:41 PM
sh-2 seasprites http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/sh-2.htm
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 9:17 AM
Should be lots of us around from the era. My ship was DD 843, Warrington and our FRAM conversion gave us a "DASH" (drone anti-sub helo) hangar but I don't remember once seing the copter deployed or, indeed, even stored aboard Warrington. We used the DASH hangar to store a nice little sailboat the crew's rec fund had purchased in Newport. The hangar would not, I think, hold a full-size chopper like Blackhawk. Twin 5" 38's fore and aft. We may have had ASROC but I'm not sure. What was it that's first to go?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 4:49 AM
another site:
http://destroyers.org/P-Gal-Pages/P-Gal-Dir/PhotoGallery-Destroyers-710.htm
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Posted by MBT70 on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:40 AM
You are correct. The Blackhawk didn't see service until the mid-80s. What chopper was the Navy using for ASW in the 60s and 70s?
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Posted by ddp59 on Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:18 PM
i don't think the blackhawk helicopter was used on that ship as the noa was sold to the spanish june 2 1975
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Posted by MBT70 on Sunday, June 19, 2005 3:33 PM
The FRAM program wasn't a cookie-cutter plan with a one-size-fits-all modification. Different ships were changed to match different missions, like enhanced ASW capabilities, helicopter hangers for fleet duties rescuing pilots, radar suites to detect air attack on battle groups and surface attack with Harpoon and Tomahawk in later variants. The different configurations often left more of the original main battery intact, as with Noa. It's role was ASW using ASROC and the LAMPS Blackhawk helicopter, so the usual and older Weapon Able forward was not included. But note the enhanced radar and electronics suite and the standard FRAM bridge improvements. I have a nice series of shots of the Chandler (DD-717) in drydock gettin g FRAMed in San Francisco in 1962.

Here's a well-made FRAM model for reference. Just add the second forward battery and switch the hull numbers ....

http://www.steelnavy.com/ISWJohnson-ConeJC.htm

Here's the Noa's only website ....

http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/dd841/

Anad here's the best destroyer site on the internet ....

http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/
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Posted by ddp59 on Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:30 PM
check this link http://www.news.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/dd841-noa.jpg
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DD-841 in Feb 1962 reference pics, anyone?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:08 PM
While I sort thru what I want to build for the Destroyer group build, one of my options is to build DD-841 (from the JAG Gearing kit).

I've found only a few pics of the ship post-FRAM, and the best from navsource is 1968. Was the configuration similar in early 1962?

(and why is the NOA sporting both 5" guns forward, unlike the other Gearings I've seen?)

Tips to good references appreciated.

Thanks,

Brad.
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