78012, 1/350 US Fletcher DD 445

Tamiya 78012 1/350 US Fletcher DD 445

The Fletcher-class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War. The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944. They were built by shipyards across the United States and Many were sold to the very countries they had fought against: Italy, Germany, and Japan, as well as other navies, where they would go on to have even longer, distinguished careers. Several others were cancelled prior to being laid down.

Type: Destroyer
Displacement: 2,050 tons (standard);
2,500 tons (full load)
Length: 376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam: 39.5 ft (12.0 m)
Draft: 12.5 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion: 4 Babcock & Wilcox oil fired boilers; 2 General Electric geared steam turbines; 2 screws; =60,000shp
Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h)
Range: 5,500 miles at 15 knots
(8,850 km at 28 km/h) [1]
Complement: 329 officers and men
Armament: - 5 × single 5 inch/38 caliber guns guided by a Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System with Mk25 fire control radar linked by a Mark 1A Fire Control Computer stabilized by a Mk6 8,500 rpm gyro.
- 6-10 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (early ships carried 4 × 1.1 inch/75 caliber guns),
- 7-10 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons,
- 10 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2×5),
- 6 × K-guns,
- 2 × depth charge racks