Conversion to 5" Gun Ship
American Destroyer Escorts
Buckley 'TE' and Edsall 'FMR' classes
A Study in blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-117 $65.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 129 pages)
Ships of Edsall (FMR) class: USS Camp
(DE-251)(DER-251) to South Vietnam as frigate Tran Hung Dao
(HQ-01) to the Philippines as frigate BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-4).
Ships of Buckley (TE) class: USS Coolbaugh (DE-217); USS Darby (DE-218); USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219); USS Foreman (DE-633); USS Harmon (DE-678); USS Greenwood (DE-679); USS Loeser (DE-680); USS Spangler (DE-696); USS George (DE-697); USS Raby (DE-698)(DEC-698) and USS Currier (DE-700).
LIST OF BLUEPRINTS
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Outboard profile, |
Boston Navy Shipyard |
Feb. 16, 1945 |
11-12 |
|
Location of all search lights, running, |
do. |
Oct. 20, 1944 |
13-14 |
|
Lighting system, exterior signals, |
do. |
Aug. 2, 1944 |
15-16 |
|
Arrg=t., of rail
stanchions & types, |
do. |
Aug. 19, 1944 |
17-20 |
|
Comp=t & access, inboard profile, |
do. |
Feb. 16, 1945 |
21-23 |
|
Comp=t & access, inboard profile, |
do. |
- |
24-26 |
|
Comp=t &
access, main deck, |
do. |
Feb. 16, 1945 |
27-29 |
|
Comp=t &
access, main deck, |
do. |
Aug. 13, 1944 |
30-32 |
|
Comp=t & access, 1st & 2nd platforms & hold, |
do. |
do. |
33-34 |
|
Comp=t & access, 1st & 2nd platforms & hold, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1945 |
35-37 |
|
General arrangement, main deck, |
do. |
Aug. 9, 1944 |
38-48 |
|
General arrangement, 1st & 2nd platform decks & hold, |
do. |
Aug. 19, 1944 |
49-51 |
|
General arrangement, 1st & 2nd platform decks & hold, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1945 |
52-54 |
|
Compartment testing diagram, |
do. |
1945 |
55-56 |
|
Ventilation, fwd & aft, |
do. |
Feb. 18, 1945 |
57-59 |
|
Ventilation, fire control station, |
FMR, TE & GMT |
Oct. 31, 1944 |
60-61 |
|
Lighting, main deck, fwd., |
do. |
- |
62-63 |
|
Lighting, main deck, aft, |
do. |
- |
64-65 |
|
Lighting, superstructure deck, |
do. |
Aug. 2, 1944 |
66-68 |
|
Lighting, bridges, |
do. |
do. |
69-70 |
|
Arrg=t., of
electrical equipment in MK. |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1944 |
71-72 |
|
Modification to navigation bridge, |
do. |
Aug. 16, 1944 |
73-74 |
|
Arrg=t., of
electrical equip, top of |
do. |
Aug. 14, 1944 |
75-77 |
|
Screened speed light support, arrg=t., |
do. |
Sept. 8, 1944 |
78 |
|
Additions & relocation of ladders & |
do. |
Feb. 24, 1945 |
79-80 |
|
Relocation of life rafts & floater rafts, |
do. |
Aug. 12, 1944 |
81-82 |
|
Relocation of windlass brake |
do. |
May 8, 1945 |
83 |
|
Stowage of depth charge arbors, |
do. |
Mar. 10, 1945 |
84 |
|
Stowage for MKS., 6, 7, 8 & 9 depth |
do. |
Mar. 1, 1945 |
85-86 |
|
Depth charge pistols, 2nd platform, |
do. |
Feb. 3, 1945 |
87-88 |
|
Ammunition handling, arrg=t., |
do. |
Aug. 19, 1944 |
89-94 |
|
Ammunition handling, arrg=t., |
do. |
Apr. 14, 1945 |
95-100 |
|
Ammujnition stowage, 40/mm bulwark |
do. |
Aug. 21, 1944 |
101-102 |
|
Fdns., for 40/mm single mts., |
do. |
Jan. 29, 1945 |
103-104 |
|
Fdns., for 40/mm quad., MK 51 |
do. |
Jan. 23, 1945 |
105-106 |
|
do. |
do. |
Aug. 17, 1944 |
107-110 |
|
Fdns., for 40/mm single mounts & MK |
do. |
Mar. 8, 1945 |
111-112 |
|
5" ammunition hoists (2 2"
or 2 7/16" |
do. |
Aug. 15, 1944 |
113-117 |
|
electrical instillation on enclosed gun |
do. |
do. |
118-119 |
|
Fdnd., for #2 5/38cal. Mount & w.t. |
do. |
Aug. 17, 1944 |
120-122 |
|
Officers, C.P.O.=s
& crews berthing & |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1945 |
123-125 |
|
Crew=s &
C.P.O. berthing & messing, 1st platform, fwd & aft,
additional |
do. |
Aug. 14, 1944 |
126-129 |