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	USS Somers (DD-381), Somers-class destroyer
		The fifth USS Somers, DD 381, was the lead ship of the second class of 1850-ton destroyers leader—the Somers class.
		On 4 September 1804, Somers assumed command of bomb ketch Intrepid, fitted out as a “floating volcano,” to be sailed into Tripoli Harbor and blown up in the midst of the corsair fleet moored close under the city walls.
		Then, attached to Destroyer Squadron 9 with sisters Davis, McDougal, Winslow, Moffett and Jouett and often operating in company with Cruiser Division 2’s Memphis (CL 13), Milwaukee (CL 5), Cincinnati (CL 6) and Omaha (CL 4), she served in the Neutrality Patrol in the Caribbean Sea and the South Atlantic for two years.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/usssomers.html (414 words)

	USS Somers
		The first USS Somers was a schooner that fought under Commodore Ferry on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and took part in the capture of the British Squadron on 10 September 1813.
		Somers was in the Gulf of Mexico off Vera Cruz at the opening of the Mexican War in the spring of 1846; and, but for runs to Pensacola, Florida, for logistics, she remained in that area on blockade duty until winter.
		The fourth USS Somers (DD-301) was a Clemson-class destroyer[?] engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty[?] in 1930.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Somers.html (1146 words)

	USS Somers VI
		During her second and third deployments, in 1961 and 1963, Somers steamed to Australia to participate in the celebrations commemorating 19th and 21st anniversaries of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		From then until February 1968, Somers was in the shipyard having 90% of her superstructure replaced, receiving the Tartar surface-to-air missile system and the ASROC antisubmarine rocket system.
		Somers was assigned to the 7th Fleet from December 1970 until 4 May 1971.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/destroyer2/somersVI.html (1127 words)

	U.S. Destroyers
		Whereas destroyer production in the years of 1932 to 1939 had usually been on the order of a squadron per year, in other words eight ships, by the 1940s the dire threat of war had necessitated an increase in destroyer production.
		The oldest American destroyer to do so was a part of the class of 1000 ton four-stack destroyers that were the predecessors of the flushdeckers.
		This class, the Farraguts, was in all respects superior to the flushdeckers.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/destroyers/index.htm (1121 words)

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		The Somers (DD-381) class was the second group of destroyer leaders built by the U.S. Navy during the 1930s and followed the general characteristics of the preceding Porter (DD-356) class, which was ordered in 1933.
		It limited destroyers to 1,500 tons, introduced the category of destroyer leader at 1,850 tons, and set the maximum caliber of the guns for both types at 5.1 inches.
		The Somers' armament consisted of four 5-inch/38 caliber twin MK 22 single purpose, base-ring-type gun mounts They were limited to 35-degrees elevation and were useful only against surface targets.
	www.yankeemodelworks.com /dd381.htm (250 words)

	Anti-Air Armament Development of U.S. Destroyers
		Their standard light AA armament was four.50 cal. By 1941 the air threat was so serious that the King Board recommended that all modern destroyers lose a 5-inch mount in return for a 1.1 quad (they could not simply add a quad without compensation, because topweight was already a problem with some ships).
		The Gridley, Bagley, and Benham classes all had four 5in/38 and four.50 cal as built, along with four quad torpedo tubes (in contrast to the two or three quads in previous classes).
		The Sims class were originally armed with five 5in/38, along with the new Mk 37 director, and four.50 cal. They were modified for Atlantic service in 1941: no. 3 gun was removed, depth-charge armament increased, and four more.50s added.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/destroyers/aa_destroyers.htm (1078 words)

	JAG Hit TV Show: Cmdr. Harmon Rabb and Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie investigate, prosecute, and defend members of the Navy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The original USS Farragut, DD 300, was a Clemson class destroyer, commissioned in June of 1920 and decommissioned in April of 1930.
		Her service until 1919 was principally with the Maryland and Illinois Naval Militias and on coastal patrol during World War I. The fourth USS Somers (DD-301) was a Clemson-class destroyer engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty in 1930.
		She was an Independence Class light fleet carrier and was the first US carrier in the South China Sea in January 1945 and the first in Tokyo bay in August 1945.
	www.jagarchive.com /Miscellaneous/VesselsOfJAG.htm (3045 words)

	Destroyer History — Introduction
		State-of-the-art destroyers as World War Two began were the Japanese “special type.” The first of these were the Fubuki class; with heavy gun and torpedo armament, enclosed double turrets and a low silhouette, their design became the prototype for all subsequent Japanese destroyer construction.
		Destroyer construction resumed in 1932, Over the next seven years, the US built several third-generation destroyer classes, collectively the “1500-tonners,” all of which featured this new 5-inch gun on a 340-to-350-foot high-forecastle hull that could exceed 35 knots.
		The fourth-generation Benson and the concurrently-designed Gleaves (also known as the Livermore) classes (top of page) were similar in appearance to the Sims class, but returned to a two-stack layout, reflecting a “split” powerplant, in which two fire rooms alternated with two engine rooms for improved survivablity in case of a torpedo hit.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /destroyers/introduction.html (1698 words)

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		The Farragut class destroyers were the first produced for the US Navy since the end of World War I, due to the large number of the various flush deck, four piper units produced for that conflict.
		The Somers class of destroyers were in the second group of large destroyer leaders that the US Navy built in the 1930's to an improved design.
		The Rudderow class destroyer escorts were built as an emergency measure to provide the urgently needed large number of escorts required to quickly counter the German Navy's massive U-Boat offensive during the Battle of the Atlantic.
	members.aol.com /ssycatalog/destroyers.html (5183 words)

	Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans
		The Somers (DD-381) class was the second group of destroyer leaders built by the U.S. Navy during the 1930s and followed the general characteristics of the preceding Porter (DD-356) class, which was ordered in 1933.
		It limited destroyers to 1,500 tons, introduced the category of destroyer leader at 1,850 tons, and set the maximum caliber of the guns for both types at 5.1 inches.
		The Somers' armament consisted of four 5-inch/38 caliber twin MK 22 single purpose, base-ring-type gun mounts They were limited to 35-degrees elevation and were useful only against surface targets.
	www.destroyers.org /DD-Histories/DD-Classes/Intro-DD381.htm (946 words)

	Somers-class destroyer leaders in World War II
		Somers-class destroyer leaders in World War II The Somers class began life as repeat Porters, filling out the quota of 13 leaders established by the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
		Although it added 65 tons, it permitted trunking all the boiler uptakes in to a single stack, which, with the elimination of the tripod mainmast and after gun director, made possible three centerline torpedo mounts, one forward of the stack.
		Somers and Jouett had some successes in intercepting German blockade-runners; Davis joined them for the D-day landings, and then the two of them supported the landings in the south of France.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/somersclass.html (219 words)

	USS Somers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Somers was a schooner that fought under Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry on Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and took part in the capture of the British Squadron on 10 September 1813.
		The third, USS Somers (TB-22), was a torpedo boat built in Germany in 1895 and purchased during the War of 1898.
		The sixth, Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947), was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Somers (346 words)

	Size of British and US destroyers of the 1930s-40s
		This is something of a myth, as a year by year and class by class comparison shows that the destroyers built by these two nations prior to 1943 were quite comparable in size.
		By the terms of the London Naval Limitation Treaty of 1930, the size of destroyers was determined by their "standard displacement," which was calculated by a set of treaty-defined measurements.
		To the very limited degree that some British destroyers of the 1930s and early 1940s were smaller or larger than their US contemporaries or vice versa was strictly a matter of choice by the respective heads of those nation's navies and governments.
	www.navweaps.com /index_tech/tech-096.htm (1163 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		The Somers Class was an improved Porter Class.
		The Somers was heavily armed with eight single purpose 5 inch/38 in four enclosed twin mounts.
		The Somers were initially assigned to Neutrality Patrol and proved her worth by intercepting several German blockade-runners all over the Atlantic.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/dd/dd-381/350-ymw/somers.html (891 words)

	USS SOMERS, DD-947/DDG-34 A page dedicated to the USS Somers, DD-947 and DDG-34
		I served on the Somers from January of 1981, until she was decommissioned in November of 1982.
		In May/July of 1981, Somers took a cruise to the West Coast, visiting San Francisco and San Diego.
		Upon return from Westpac, we were preparing for more local operations, when we were informed that the Somers was to be decommissioned.
	uss-somers.com (541 words)

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		By early 1942, a number of improvements in the armament of the Somers class were necessary.
		To correct this deficiency, the leaders needed to be fully rebuilt, converting their 5-inch battery to dual-purpose weapons and updating their antiaircraft battery with 40-mm and 20- mm guns.
		Because they couldn't be spared until some of the new destroyers began reaching the fleet, only modest alterations were made until 1944.
	www.yankeemodelworks.com /dd394.htm (343 words)

	USS Somers (DDG 34)
		During the conversion, the SOMERS had 90% of her superstructure replaced and received the Tartar surface-to-air missile system and the ASROC antisubmarine rocket system.
		She was stricken from the Navy list on April 26, 1988, and on July 22, 1998, the SOMERS was finally disposed of as a target north of Kauai, HI, at 022° 21' North, 160° 58' West.
		USS SOMERS was laid down on 4 March 1957 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., at Bath, Maine, Iaunched on 30 May 1958; sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /dd/ddg34.htm (1351 words)

	BIW Ship Specs.Hulls #101-200
		Complement of 9 officers and 199 enlisted.Converted to a destroyer minesweeper and reclassified DMS-23 November 15,1944.
		First of Class for Bath Iron Works and first of entire Class ready for United States Navy trials, in which she reached 37.76 knots.
		On October 6,1943 destroyed the Japanese destroyer YAGUMO and then took on the survivors of the torpedoed and sinking CHEVALIER, DD-451.
	members.tripod.com /BIW_History/hulls101_200.html (7031 words)

	Class History
		Even as the first true " fleet destroyers" of the new Fletcher-class were shaping in shipyards in the summer of 1941, the Navy expressed the need for a still larger destroyer better able to execute the multipurpose role fast coming into focus in envisioned Pacific operations.
		The advantages of placing four centerline guns in twin Mounts forward of the bridge was readily seen as a major consideration for destroyers intended to be better able to support a torpedo attack with most of its offensive weaponry blazing ahead as opposed to abeam of the assault.
		Complaints soon were whispered that the long-awaited vessels had a tendency for their bows to dish or weave in heavy seas owing to the tremendous weight of the four 5-inch guns so far forward on the slim hull.
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	US Destroyers in Action pt 3
		The first class is the Somers class of five ships; all designed as somewhat larger destroyer leaders and twin mount main armament.
		The Benson class was considered to be the last of the totally pre-war destroyers with the last of the thirty-two ships commissioned by 1943.
		While pictures of each individual ship of the later classes would be impossible to include, there are as many as possible in a variety of different of camouflage schemes.
	modelingmadness.com /scotts/books/sq/usdestroyers3.htm (325 words)

	USS Jouett Ships
		The destroyer remained in Hawaiian waters during the next year exercising with America's vital carriers and perfecting tactics.
		The destroyer arrived at Oran 21 July to prepare for the next major European operation, the invasion of southern France.
		She also destroyed mines off San Remo 9 October, destroyed bridges, and covered Allied minesweeping operations in the area.
	www.ussjouett.com /other.htm (1159 words)

	USS Somers Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The next day, Mackenzie headed for the Virgin Islands hoping to meet Vandalia at St. Thomas before returning to New York.
		Somers reached St. Thomas on 5 December and returned to New York on 14 December.
		Somers was in the Gulf of Mexico off Vera Cruz at the opening of the Mexican-American War in the spring of 1846; and, but for runs to Pensacola, Florida, for logistics, she remained in that area on blockade duty until winter.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/u/us/uss_somers.html (1173 words)

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		It was finally decided that the heavy destroyer main gun upgrade could be put on hold until sufficient equipment and facilities were available, at which time the recommended weapons fit would be for twin DP mounts at the low positions and single DP mounts at the superfiring positions.
		The process of upgrading the AA fits of the warships of the USN began before the attack on Pearl Harbor and was still underway in September 1945 at the end of the war.
		By mid to late 1942 the class would be up to the full two 1.1-inch mounts and five 20mm mounts as provided in the kit.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigPorterEarlyWar.htm (2148 words)

	All Headline News - U.S. Navy Names New Destroyer After Spanish-American War Hero - December 25, 2006
		Aboard USS New York, his squadron established a blockade on the Spanish Fleet in the harbor of Santiago, Cuba.
		When the Spanish fleet attempted escape, it was completely destroyed by Sampson's forces in a running sea battle that lasted five hours.
		Sampson later retired in 1902, and the Department of the Navy has since named three ships after him; Torpedo-boat destroyer 63, Somers class destroyer 394 and Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer 10.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7004852253 (275 words)

	MaritimeDigital Portal - (c) Frederic Logghe
		After graduating first in his class at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861, Sampson served in the Civil War, during which he survived a mine explosion in 1865.
		Sailing from Key West, Fla., in 1898, aboard USS New York (CA 2), his squadron established a blockade on the Spanish Fleet in the harbor of Santiago, Cuba.
		Designated DDG 102, Sampson is the 52nd of 62 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/Portal/News/newsmessage.php?var_id=1552 (455 words)

	Destroyer History — Photo index
		This collection contains photos of selected flush-deck destroyers and all 444 destroyers and 12 destroyer-minelayers commissioned between 1930 and the end of World War II, plus additional Allen M. Sumner- and
		• 2100-ton Fletcher class with sections including high-bridge, low-bridge, variations, in color, in detail, closeups, on location, at sea, in action, damage, sinking, in history, art—all 175 ships.
		• Bainbridge and Truxtun; Virginia and California classes — the 6 ships designated as nuclear guided missile frigates until 1975.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /destroyers/photos.html (356 words)

	13 September 1944
		TACTICAL OPERATIONS: In Italy, US Twelfth Air Force B-25s destroy a bridge at Peschiera del Garda, cutting the Milan-Verona line; B-25s and B-26s bomb guns and defensive positions north of Florence; fighter-bombers attack railroads, rolling stock, and bridges in northern Italy, although a heavy overcast hampers operations in the northwest.
		With the aid of the destroyer USS Preble (DD-345) final attempts to save the vessel are made, but, at 1515 hours, all remaining personnel are ordered off.
		U.S.A. : The destroyer USS Warrington (DD-383) and the stores ship USS Hyades (AF-28) are caught in the center of a hurricane off the Florida coast in the U.S. In the evening of the 12th, the storm forced the destroyer to heave to while Hyades continued on her way alone.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1944/09/13.htm (1373 words)

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		Complement: 197 ------------------------------ Shimakazei ------------------------------ Class - Destroyer Displacement: 2,567 tons Dimensions: 415 (length) by 36.75 (beam) by 13.5 (draught) feet Propulsion: 3 Kanpon Boilers, 2 turbines, 2 shafts, 75,000 SHP.
		Complement: 2400 Aircraft: 50 ------------------------------ Kongo ------------------------------ Class - Battleship Displacement: 32,000 tons Dimensions: 738 (length) by 104 (beam) by 32 (draught) feet Propulsion: 10 Bobcock & Wilcox Boilers, geared turbines, 4 shafts, 136,000 SHP.
		Complement: 1480 and 3 aircrafts ------------------------------ Yamato ------------------------------ Class - Battleship Displacement: 61,890 tons Dimensions: 863.5 (length) by 127.6 (beam) by 35.62 (draught) feet Propulsion: 12 Karpon Boilers, geared steam turbines, 4 shafts, 150,000 SHP.
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