Some history on the "Laffey"

[flyboy 28]

This is just a breif overview of my dad's ship he served on in Vietnam... This history dosen't include it's service in Vietnam, because it wasn't really that important... It just provided fleet defense and directed P-3's...

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[SilverFox441]

Can anyone say which destroyer class these two ships belong to (as originally built)?

As a R/C ship modeller both are familiar to me...

[Felix/FFDS]

Can anyone say which destroyer class these two ships belong to (as originally built)?

As a R/C ship modeller both are familiar to me...

DD-459 is a Benson Class,
DD-724 is a Sumner class

[SilverFox441]

Dang Felix, I was hoping for some confusion between a late Benson and the early, round-bridge [i]Fletcher/i], especially considering the Laffey is one of the overlap ships.

[flyboy 28]

Nope....

[Felix/FFDS]

Nope....

No to which  - the question or the answers?

[SilverFox441]

The answers are correct...

DD-459: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... /dd459.htm

DD-724: http://www.scocca.org/hyperwar/USN/ship ... affey.html

[Hagar]

My Fox Four colleague Tom Sanford told me all about the history of this plucky little ship some months ago. Unfortunately I missed the opportunity of paying her a visit while passing through Charleston on my last trip to the US as we were on a tight schedule. If I had known her history then I might have made time. I wish we could have stayed longer in that charming city. We did manage a tour of the USS Yorktown before we had to leave.

[SilverFox441]

Being a ship fan I like touring any Memorial ship I come across...and most any warship I get a chance at.

Canada has a couple of great ships of this type, HMCS Haida (last of the Tribal class DD's) and HMCS Sackville (the last Flower class Corvette) have to be the top of the list.

A great site about Haida can be seen here: http://www3.sympatico.ca/hrc/haida/home.htm

HMCS Sackville: http://www.hmcssackville-cnmt.ns.ca/

[Woodlouse2002]

Go and visit HMS Belfast then. Prime example of a British WWII Cruiser. She also played a part in the demise of the Scharnorst, D-Day and the Korean war.

[SilverFox441]

Thank you for that!

I've got a model planned of a Southhampton class cruider for next winter...might make it a modifed Southhampton now based on HMS Belfast...love that paint scheme, also easier to figure out the peculiararities of a ship that still exists.