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Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment by Sumrall
Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment by Robert F Sumrall
Hard Cover w/DJ
290 pages
Copyright 1995
CONTENTS
Foreword, by Norman Friedman ix Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Design Background 7
2. The Sumner-GearingClass Design 27
3. Conversions and Modernizations 53
4. Armament 89
5. Fire Control 147
6. Radar, Electronics, and Sonar 181
7. Engineering and Damage Control 221
Postscript 239
Appendix A: Tables 243
Appendix B: Drawings 249
Appendix C: Sumner-GearingClass List 261
Notes 269
Glossary 271
Bibliography 277
Index 283
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Navy's Sumner-Gearing-class destroyers served as a standard for post-World War II destroyer design and development. Their evolution over the course of nearly forty years and three wars is fully covered in this handsomely illustrated book. Robert Sumrall traces the origins of these destroyers through half a century of changing naval technology, showing the great advances made in ordnance, fire control, and steam engineering.
As the author makes clear, the class was as much a product of world events as of bureaucratic decisions. The Sumners and their long-hulled sisters, the Gearinss, were designed and built in the midst of the Second World War and adapted and modernized during the Cold War. Using an extensive and impressive source list, Sumrall describes the ships as they were first completed and in later variations into the 1970s, when these aging warships continued to play a role in the destroyer force. Examples of both classes were in service in other navies around the world as late as 1994 Robert Sumrall, the curator of ship models at the United States Naval Academy Museum since 1970, is responsible for one of the foremost collections of ship models in the world. He has an extensive knowledge of naval architecture and marine engineering from his earlier employment at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. and two marine engine manufacturers.
A retired chief petty officer with over forty years of service in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve, Sumrall served in eight different Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers. His most recent service included five deployments with the USS Iowa between 1986 and his retirement in 1990 while aboard the battleship.
He is the author of Iowa-Class Battleships, published by the Naval Institute Press, and has written articles for Proceedings and other naval publications in addition to illustrating several books and articles.
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