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Model Forum / General / Models / August 2004Ship Museums for Destroyers?
seems like there are nothing but cruiser, battleship and aircraft carriers that have been turned into museums. my grandfather was on the USS Strong in WWII (taken out by a Long Lance I believe) and was curious if any DD's of that class still exist, or are all the DD's gone? thx -Craig Craig: USS Strong (DD - 467) was a Fletcher class destroyer. As I recall there are at least a three Fletchers still in existance as museums. One is in the old Boston Navy Yard - which is the Cassin Young (DD-793). There is also The Sullivans (DD-537) in Buffalo, NY. And there is the Kidd (DD-661) in Louisiana...though I'm not sure exactly where. There are also a couple of Gearing or Sumner class ships around as well. One is the J. P. Kennedy and it is at Battleship Cove in the same display area as the battleship Massachusets. Nat The USS KIDD of the Fletcher class is a museum ship and there are a couple other DD/DE's as well. > seems like there are nothing but cruiser, battleship and aircraft > carriers that have been turned into museums. my grandfather was on the > USS Strong in WWII (taken out by a Long Lance I believe) and was > curious if any DD's of that class still exist, or are all the DD's gone? > > thx -Craig Kidd is in Baton Rouge, right on the river. Last time I was through there, it was in great shape - it looked like you could put a crew aboard & be ready to sail in a month. The adjacent onshore museum is great as well, with lots of ship models on display. There's a DE (along with a sub) in a park in Galveston. I don't remember the name of the ship, or the park, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. It was in pretty bad shape when I saw it. I believe http://www.hazegray.org has a complete listing of museum ships. JM >The USS KIDD of the Fletcher class is a museum ship and there are a >couple other DD/DE's as well. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> thx -Craig Well, I am not a very strong ships guy, but here is what my Janes has on that subject. The Strong (DD758) was a Sumner class DD launched April 23, 1944 and commissioned 8 March,1945. 33 of the class, including the Strong were modified under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM II) program post war. It also states that "all surviving ships of the 70-destroyer "Allen M. Sumner" class have been stricken or transferred to other navies.....Ships of this class serve in the navies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Greece, Iran, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela." My Janes is an 1995 edition so I don't know if any of those are still in service with any of those countries. As a general statement regarding Destroyers, there is one open to the public as a museum ship in Bremerton, WA. Norm " > Well, I am not a very strong ships guy, but here is what my Janes has on > that subject. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > modified under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM II) program > post war. Jane's said the Strong was modified after the war? Wonder if they used the name again for another DD as my grandfather's ship was cut in two in a very different type of modification..... 1943 I think in the Kula Gulf. Craig > Well, I am not a very strong ships guy, but here is what my Janes has on > that subject. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Norm Norman: That would be the second U.S.S. Strong. The U.S. Navy has a habit of naming new ships after ships lost in action to carry on the name's traditions, etc. According to "U.S. Destroyers" by Norman Friedmann, Naval Inst.Press.,: DD467: U.S.S. Strong, Bath Ironworks, Launched May 17, 1942. War Loss July 5, 1943. DD758: U.S.S. Strong, Beth., SF, Launched April 23, 1944. Transferred to Brazil Oct. 31, 1973. Bill Shuey Thought you might find this kinda interesting. Your thread made me think again about my fathers naval service during WWII so I located my copy of his old DD-214 and once again looked up the name of the ship it shows him having served on (USS Orvetta). Low and behold Google found her. I'd looked years ago with no luck. She wasn't a destroyer or even a famous ship, however your thread has filled in another hole of my past. I will submit his info to the page for inclusion. Dad passed away in 1971. Thank you, John DeBoo > seems like there are nothing but cruiser, battleship and aircraft > carriers that have been turned into museums. my grandfather was on the > USS Strong in WWII (taken out by a Long Lance I believe) and was > curious if any DD's of that class still exist, or are all the DD's gone? > > thx -Craig |
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