Korea, Viet Nam and the Cold War
American Destroyers
Gearing class Destroyer Escorts
Hunters-Killers of the Sea
A Study in Blueprints
by
Duane Borchers, Sr.
BK-121 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 180 pages)
Ships of class: USS Epperson (DD-719)(DDE-719), PNS Taimur
(DD-166); USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764)(DDE-764), ROCS Dang
Yang (DD-11); USS Keppler (DD-765)(DDE-765), TCG Tinaztepe
(D-355); USS New (DD-818)(DDE-818), ROKS Taejon
(DD-919); USS Holder (DD-819)(DDE-819), Presidente Elroy
Alfaro (D-01); USS Rich (DD-820)(DDE-820); USS Basilone
(DD-824)(DDE-824); USS Carpenter (DD-825)(DDK-825)(DDE-825),
TCG Anittepe (D-347); USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827)(DDK-827)(DDE-827),
TCG Alcitepe (D-346); USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847)(DDE-847);
USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858)(DDE-858); USS Norris (DD-859)(DDE-859),
TCG Kocatepe (D-354); USS McCaffery (DD-860)(DDE-860);
USS Harwood (DD-861)(DDE-861), TCG Kocatepe (D-354)
and USS Damato (DD-871)(DDE-871), PNS Tippu Sultan (D-168).
List of Blueprints
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Historical data plate, |
Bath Iron Works |
Mar. 8, 1950 |
19 |
|
Draft marks, ship names, |
do. |
do. |
20-21 |
|
DDE-719 class, ship identification |
do. |
do. |
22 |
|
Outboard profile, |
do. |
Dec. 31, 1948 |
23-25 |
|
do. |
do. |
Apr. 4, 1952 |
26-28 |
|
Body plan, |
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. |
Apr. 8, 1952 |
29 |
|
Sections, forward, frames 4, 13, 32, |
Bath Iron Works |
Dec. 11, 1947 |
30-31 |
|
Midship section, frames 106 2 & 117, |
do. |
Dec. 18, 1948 |
32 |
|
Sections, aft, frames 137 2,
161, |
do. |
do. |
33-34 |
|
Outside plating, stem to frame 72, |
do. |
Dec. 5, 1947 |
35-36 |
|
Outside plating, frame 148 to stern, |
do. |
Nov. 11, 1947 |
37-38 |
|
Longls., frame 148 to stern, |
do. |
Jan. 7, 1948 |
39-40 |
|
Main deck plating, stem to frame 72, |
do. |
Sept. 23,1947 |
41-43 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 72 to 148, |
do. |
Sept. 27, 1947 |
44-47 |
|
Main deck plating, frame 148 to stern, |
do. |
1947 |
48-50 |
|
Main deck house sides, |
Bath Iron Works |
Nov. 24, 1947 |
51-53 |
|
Main deck house sides, |
do. |
Dec. 18, 1947 |
54-57 |
|
M.s. bhds., in main deck house, |
do. |
Sept. 27, 1947 |
58-59 |
|
M.s. bhds, in main deck house, |
do. |
Oct. 14, 1947 |
60-63 |
|
1st level deck house sides, ends, |
do. |
Oct. 16, 1947 |
64-65 |
|
1st level deck house, frames 150-156, |
do. |
Dec. 18, 1947 |
66-67 |
|
1st level deck, frame 41 2 to 100 2 , |
do. |
Oct. 9, 1947 |
68-70 |
|
1st level deck, frame 100 2 to 172 2 , |
do. |
Apr. 22, 1948 |
71-74 |
|
2nd level deck & shields, |
do. |
July 25, 1947 |
75-77 |
|
2nd level deck house & flase floor & |
do. |
Aug. 27, 1947 |
78-80 |
|
Polemast assembly, |
do. |
Mar. 2, 1950 |
81-82 |
|
Polemast details, sheet 1, |
do. |
do. |
83-87 |
|
Polemast details, sheet 3, |
do. |
Feb. 24, 1950 |
88-89 |
|
Polemast details, sheet 4, |
do. |
do. |
90-91 |
|
Rail & awning stanchions, |
do. |
Mar. 8, 1950 |
92-94 |
|
Rail stanchions, arrg=t., |
do. |
Mar. 10, 1950 |
95-104 |
|
Deck covering, arrg=t., |
do. |
Feb. 13, 1950 |
105-106 |
|
Modifications to plating |
do. |
Feb. 8, 1950 |
107-108 |
|
Wood gratings on 2nd deck, |
do. |
Mar. 2, 1950 |
109-110 |
|
Captains chair on open bridge, |
Bath Iron Works |
Mar. 10, 1950 |
111-112 |
|
Towing gear, arrg=t., |
do. |
Mar. 8, 1950 |
113-114 |
|
do. |
do. |
do. |
115-116 |
|
Bathyhermdgraph instillation, |
do. |
Mar. 3, 1950 |
117-118 |
|
Boat boom, arrg=t., |
do. |
Feb. 24, 1950 |
119-120 |
|
Jack & stub staffs, |
do. |
do. |
121-124 |
|
Accommodation ladder, arrg=t., |
do. |
Mar. 2, 1950 |
125-126 |
|
Vertical ladders above main deck, |
do. |
do. |
127-129 |
|
Inclined ladders, arrg=t., |
do. |
Mar. 2, 1950 |
130-133 |
|
Abandon ship ladders, |
do. |
Feb. 13, 1950 |
134-135 |
|
Life buoy stowage, |
do. |
Apr. 13, 1950 |
136-137 |
|
16" dia., airports in pilot house, |
do. |
feb. 13, 1950 |
138-139 |
|
Arrg=t., or mooring lines, |
do. |
Feb. 8, 1950 |
140-142 |
|
Anchor handling arrg=t., |
do. |
Mar. 8, 1950 |
143-144 |
|
Anchor handling, details, |
do. |
Feb. 8, 1950 |
145-147 |
|
Chain locker & chain pipes, |
do. |
do. |
148-150 |
|
Deck edge bolster, |
do. |
do. |
151-154 |
|
Elwood method-fueling at sea, inst., of |
do. |
Dec. 17, 1947 |
155-156 |
|
Bulwark, |
do. |
Jan. 7, 1948 |
157-159 |
|
Machinery numbering plan, |
do, |
Mar. 3, 1950 |
160-161 |
|
Steering room gear, general arrg=t., |
do. |
May 8, 1950 |
162-164 |
|
Foundations for depth charge tracks, |
Bath Iron Works |
Oct. 15, 1947 |
165-166 |
|
12.75" rocket ready service, |
do. |
feb. 2, 1950 |
167-168 |
|
Foundation for 3"/50cal. guns, |
do. |
Feb. 8, 1950 |
169-171 |
|
Foundations for gun director MK-56 |
do. |
Feb. 8, 1950 |
172-173 |
|
Rocket launcher & 20/mm gun shields |
do. |
Feb. 6, 1950 |
174-176 |
|
Arrg=t., of
officers qtrs., |
do. |
Mar. 14, 1950 |
177-178 |
|
Arrg=t., of
crews messing & stowage of |
do. |
Mar. 10, 1950 |
179-180 |