Service: USN Armament: Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC missiles; Tomahawk; 6x MK-46 torpedoes; Close In Weapon System; 5-inch Mk45 Gun ... The destroyer's armament has greatly ...

The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships describes the battle: The destroyer’s 5-inch guns could not yet reach [the Japanese warships]. She charged onward to close [with] the enemy — first a ...

The powerful tank destroyer and its later variants continued serving on the front lines until the war's end and was officially retired in the 1950s. Formally called the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage ...

These include surface-to-air missiles, explosive shells from the destroyer’s 5-inch main gun and close-in weapons systems, the experts said. They also said US ships have electronic warfare ...

QUESTION: General Sir Frederick Pile stated that the barrels of the4.5-inch anti-aircraft guns were later reduced to 3.7 inches. Why was this? At the onset of the Second World War, three medium ...

The U.S. Navy is looking to replace the primary projectile used for the two main guns of its 16,000-ton next ... Raytheon is in the process of developing a 5-inch naval variant of the projectile ...

Besides modern armament (including ten torpedo tubes, five 5-inch guns), the Kearny has the maximum in destroyer protection. Highly compartmented so that damage can be localized, she also has a ...

Summary: The destroyer, known for its speed, maneuverability, and endurance, has been a vital part of naval warfare since the ...

The largest model will accommodate semi-auto target guns with 30-inch barrels and extended chokes or 34-inch O/Us. Flambeau has been making plastic products in northeast Ohio since 1948 ...

On June 24, the US-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions and UK-based EYOS Expeditions announced their discovery of the location of the World War II destroyer-escort USS Samuel B. Roberts. The ...

Her arsenal of nine 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns, twenty 5-inch/38 caliber guns mounted ... also inflicted fatal damage on the Japanese destroyer Ayanami and battleship Kirishima during the ...