That single 3" needs fewer men and has a higher rate of fire. That makes the
change likely to be air defence where the dual 5" more likely is surface
warfare. I do know that a lot of those dual 5" were used as AA back in WW
II, but today the rapid fire from a newer gus is preferred.
Claus
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Re: 1944-05-04 DD US USS English1988orLaterDD-696asROC HueiYang.jpg
Interesting change of gun mount, delete twin 5",
add single 3"
"USS English (DD-696), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, --
launched 27 February 1944
Decommissioning
English was decommissioned on 15 May 1970 and stricken ---.
Republic of China service, 1970-1999
On 11 August 1970, English was transferred to the Republic of China.
She served in the Republic of China Navy as ROCN Huei Yang until
decommissioned on 16 August 1999.
Final disposition
The Republic of China Navy sank Huei Yang as a target on 14 October 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_English_%28DD-696%29
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