Proposed 1980 Update of FRAM Gearing class Destroyers

[TomS]

The mount numbers are also differentiated by caliber in inches (at least for 5-inch and below) Mount 51 is the forward-most 5-inch gun. Mount 31 is for forward-most 3-inch mount. On ships with post and starboard mounts, the starboard mounts are odd numbers, the port ones are even.

 

[TomS]

IMO it would be better to swap the ASROC for a Mk.13 if you want standards.

Bear in mind that the ASROC launcher has no real below-deck penetration, except on the Spruance class. On most ships with ASROC reloads, the magazine is in the superstructure adjacent to the launcher and loading is done horizontally.

 

[whatismoo]

Bear in mind that the ASROC launcher has no real below-deck penetration, except on the Spruance class. On most ships with ASROC reloads, the magazine is in the superstructure adjacent to the launcher and loading is done horizontally.

I'm aware, it was a back of the napkin sketch.

 

[whatismoo]

Sumners and Gearings started life with 3 gun mounts. One (Y turret) went away entirely with the FRAM upgrades, and the ASROC box went amidships instead of replacing a gun mount.

I'm not sure what a Mk13 or Mk22 would do to topweight if you stuck the mount on B turret. There's technically space for a Mk13, but either Mk13 or Mk22 stands a deck taller than the turret it replaces does. IMO the better bet would be to stick said Mk13 into Y turret.

Sorry, to clarify the concept I was thinking involved substantial reconstruction of the hull. It was just some napkin stuff I spitballed for a worldbuilding / alternate history project riffing off of a kind of "Final Countdown but bigger" concept, which amounted to shoving ~late 60s/early-70s kit onto WWII hulls. Not terribly serious. The gun in the Mount 52 position is a 20mm CIWS based on the 3"/50 Mk.34, and RGM-66 is an anti-ship standard.

I'm aware there's almost certainly a pile of weight and balance issues with this concept, I didn't do any stability math, it's more of a silly kitbash. Hope it's not too off topic, given that it is VERY FICTIONAL.