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From: Andrew Chaplin <ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com>
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"a425couple" <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:mr59n102f3c@news6.newsguy.com:
> "Claus Gustafsen" <claus@gustafsen.nu> wrote in message...
>> 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
>
> Yes, & thanks.
>
>> "a425couple" skrev i meddelelsen news:mqt6ht11tj@news4.newsguy.com...
>>
>>
>> "Joseph Testagrose" <Joet5@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:t8mrsapl9l9gk7jfqmosneapguvs2r8jr9@4ax.com...
>> 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
Canada made similar modifications to its Iroquois-class DDHs in TRUMP for
the same reason.
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Andrew Chaplin
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