Three of these are provided, as well as two twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns and a Parks and Ernest G. Small. [10] However, DASH proved unreliable in shipboard service, with over half of the USN's 746 drones lost at sea. Many of the ships were sold to other navies during the mid-1950s, including: Any remaining were broken up in the 1970s. Some Gearings served in the Naval Reserve Force (NRF) from 1973, remaining in commission with a partial active crew to provide training for Naval reservists. The first two destroyers began FRAM in Boston, Massachusetts and Long Beach, California shipyards in March 1959. Gearing-class destroyers in World War II USS Gearing (DD 710). Hull - Hunter Killer (Proposed) The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel . This upgrade included rebuilding the ship's superstructure, engines, electronic systems, radar, sonar, and weapons. Upgraded systems included SQS-23 sonar, SPS-10 surface search radar, 2 triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes, 8-cell Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) box launcher, and one QH-50C DASH ASW drone helicopter, with its own landing pad and hangar. All Rights Reserved organization. Ten Gearing-class ships still exist. Following the close of World War II, 6 further vessels were cancelled in 1946, while another 4 (DD-927 to DD-930) were completed as destroyer leaders DL-2 to DL-5: The first ship was laid down in August 1944, while the last was launched in March 1946. Of 152 long-hull Sumners ordered, 98 were completed (see list at the bottom of this page). DD-710 to DD-721 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. Anti-aircraft armament initially was light, with a quadruple 1.1"/75 caliber gun located in an elevated tub between the number three and four 5-inch gun mounts and six Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (two in front of and below the bridge and four amidships). All Rights Reserved Note that there is no mention of reading Playboy while following any of these unclear. Lacking ASROC, the FRAM II ships were disposed of in 1969-74. On 11 May 1962, Agerholm tested a live nuclear ASROC in the "Swordfish" test. // -->