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Today i present you the Fletcher class destroyer USS Pringle DD-477.
The Pringle was one of three out of six Fletcher-class destroyers to be build with a catapult modification. The Pringle got sunk by Kamikaze in 16 April 1945.
Armament:
The Pringle was one of three out of six Fletcher-class destroyers to be build with a catapult modification. The Pringle got sunk by Kamikaze in 16 April 1945.
Name: | Pringle |
Type: | Destroyer |
Lenght: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draught: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Armament:
1942: | 1944: |
4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns (4 × 1) | 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns (5 × 1) |
2 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (1 × 2) | 6 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (3 × 2) |
8 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns (8 × 1) | 11 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns (11 × 1) |
5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 5) | 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 5) |
6 × depth charge projectors | 6 × depth charge projectors |
2 × depth charge tracks | 2 × depth charge tracks |
Aircraft carried: 1, one catapult (removed 1944) |
Progress | 100% complete |
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