302530
Photograph 302530 Period 1950-19591954-11-17. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS BLACK (DD 666)IN A TYPICAL POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. ALL 40 MM AND 20 MM AA GUNS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY 3 INCH/50 AA GUNS AMIDSHIPS AND ON THE AFTER SU
302537 Accession Number: 302537
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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS AMMEN (DD-527) IN A TYPICAL POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. ALL 40 MM AND 20 MM AA GUNS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY 3 INCH/50 AA GUNS AMIDSHIPS AND ON THE AFTER SUPERSTUCTURE. TO MAKE ROOM FOR THESE AND THEIR MARK 56 (AFT) AND MARK 63 (AMIDSHIPS) DIRECTORS THE BANK OF TORPEDO TUBES BETWEEN THE FUNNEL AND NO 3 5 INCH/38 MOUNTING HAVE BEEN REMOVED. A TRIPOD MAST HAS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL POLE MAST. SPS 6 AIR SEARCH IS FITTED AT THE MASTHEAD. A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR CAN BE SEEN AT 01 LEVEL ABREAST THE BRIDGE. THE DEPTH CHARGE THROWERS HAVE BEEN RETAINED ABREAST THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE AS HAVE THE DEPTH CHARGE RAILS AT THE STERN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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302537
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US Navy
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