What the...? For Neil, Bill and Rob by T.Rex

Photography • Military • posted on Mar 02, 2012

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Friday, March 2, 2012 Hi folks! This is a Matchbox 1:700 scale plastic model of a US Fletcher class destroyer. The length is 16 cm. (in other words, shorter than in this photograph). Assembled by myself in 1985. These models are no longer available on the market unless Revell decides to re-issue them. About the Fletcher class destroyers - production started in October 1941 and ended in September 1944. A total of 175 were made. LOA 376 Â½ feet Beam 39 feet 8 inches Weight 2,700 tons Speed 35 knots (some were even faster) Shaft horse power 60,000 Range 4,800 nautical miles at 15 knots Complement 273 officers and men Armament Five 5 inch 38 caliber dual purpose guns Ten 21 inch torpedo tubes Various numbers of 20 mm. Oerlicon anti-aircraft guns Various numbers of 40 mm. Bofors anti-aircraft guns For you modellers out there, there's a good, brief history called the "Fletcher Class Destroyers" by Alan Raven, Naval Institute Press/Warship Deign Histories, ISBN 0-87021-193-5. It contains a brief design history, many detail drawings and lots of photos (both over all and detail photos). Enjoy!

Comments (9)

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Faemike55

7:30PM | Fri, 02 March 2012

Wonderful capture cool information While I did build some ships - my interest was in the X-15 and the SR-71 as well as some cars

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Tholian

10:27PM | Fri, 02 March 2012

Spent some time on one of these. Nice model work.

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bmac62

12:41AM | Sat, 03 March 2012

Thanks Michael for the dedi. I built a few of these in my day:) These days I try to visit the real things when I can find them...have visited the WWII battleships Missouri and North Carolina and several submarines including the USS Bowfin and U-505. I am looking forward to visiting the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) in Charleston, SC the next time I get back there. I just read that there are five Fletcher Class museum ships left...but one is in Greece and one is rotting away at a pier in Mexico...leaving three to enjoy if we ever find ourselves in Boston, Buffalo or New Orleans.

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Froggy

2:47AM | Sat, 03 March 2012

Well your a better model buuilder than me mate! My gramps served on a Type R destroyer as a Chief Petty Officer throughout WWII in the indian ocean. This image reminded me of all those conversations we had ........

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Briney

4:28AM | Sat, 03 March 2012

You've managed to keep it in one piece! I built too many battleships etc... they've all got severely knocked about over the years

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debbielove

8:43AM | Sat, 03 March 2012

I never built this one, I did build some destroyers in my time, can I remember them? Can I hell lol Thanks for the dedi, memories of steadier hands! I MAY try one again someday soon if I can track down a local model shop! lol Cheers! More? Rob

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steelrazer

10:02AM | Sat, 03 March 2012

Great info. It's nice to see one of the classics. I used to do a bit (!!) of modeling in the past, but I never got into ships, although I've considered it lately. After doing the Yukikaze render (A Wind Of Its Own), I've done a bit of research on destroyers...fascinating. I also met a guy who spent 4 years on a US destroyer and he had some amazing tales to tell. His tales of stormy weather as well as my own recent boat passage near Victoria B.C. clinched my thinking that I will pass on being a serious sailor.

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neiwil

2:55PM | Sat, 03 March 2012

How cool! I think the only Airfix ship I built was the obligatory 'Bismark'..I like this, though from what I've read, life in Destroyers was seldom comfortable.Thanks for the dedi mate...

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