Talk:USS Carpenter

Sandbox of requested infobox
New info box placed but modified due to dual career. Sanbox test removed. Jrcrin001 (talk) 07:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Article status
What needs to be done to get a GA rating? Jrcrin001 (talk) 16:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * References per section completed. Jrcrin001 (talk) 00:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Carpenter Class
The USS Carpenter became a class or sub-class of the Gearing Class ships. Does anyone have a good source on this? Jrcrin001 (talk) 03:23, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See: http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/carpenter_class.htm
 * See: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/class-list.htm

Changes from the Gearing class included the following modifications:

Serving as an interim substitute to the planned specialized “sub-killer cruisers” such as Norfolk (CLK-1), Carpenter’s modifications emphasized electronic equipment and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) weaponry over the standard destroyer antiaircraft and torpedo armament. Designed to counter Soviet high-speed snorkel-equipped diesel submarines similar to the German World War II-era Type XXIs, Carpenter was equipped with a trainable Hedgehog, two Weapon Alpha anti-submarine rocket launchers, anti-submarine torpedoes, and depth charges, in addition to torpedo countermeasure equipment, towed decoys and an improved sonar system.

Jrcrin001 (talk) 21:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)