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| Keywords: Gearing class destroyers before and after FRAM modernization.jpg Comparison of two U S Navy Gearing-class destroyers after delivery and after the Fleet Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization FRAM I refit in the early 1960s <br> USS Sarsfield DD-837 is shown off Boston Massachusetts USA on 23 August 1945 about three weeks after her commissioning She features three 12 7 cm/38 twin mounts 16 40 mm Bofors AA guns and 5 53 3 cm torpedo tubes between the funnels <br> USS Rowan DD-782 is underway in the Western Pacific circa early 1965 after her FRAM I refit she has two 12 7 cm mounts Mk 32 torpedo launchers SPS-37 radar ASROC launcher between the funnels and DASH hangar and flight deck aft Official U S Navy photographs http //destroyerhistory org/assets/sumner-gearingclass/837sarsfield_01 jpg 19-N-87330 USS Sarsfield and http //www history navy mil/photos/images/i03000/i03509c htm NH 103509-KN USS Rowan 1945 ca 1965 USN File USS Sarsfield DD-837 off Boston 1945 jpg and File USS Rowan DD-782 underway in early 1965 jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Rowan DD-782 USS Sarsfield DD-837 Before and after | ||||
