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Porter (DD-356)
1941-1942 Class Color Profiles
Color profiles
for the following Porter
(DD-356) Class destroyers as
modified 1941-1942.
Specifications for this
configuration of the Porter
Class were taken from Ships'
Data U.S. Naval Vessels, 1942.
Displacement: 1,850 tons
standard, 2,131 tons trial.
Dimensions: 381'-0" overall,
371'-0" waterline 36'-2" beam,
16'-6" max. draft. Speed: 36.5
knots (trial). Armament: four
twin 5-in./38 cal. MK 22 gun
mounts (see Note), two quadruple
1.1-in. MK 1 gun mounts, five
single 20mm MK 4 gun mounts, two
quadruple 21-in. MK XII torpedo
tube mounts, and two depth
charge release tracks (for 600
lb. charges) and two port and
two starboard single K-Gun depth
charge projectors (for 300 lb.
charges). Radar: one SC air
search radar set and one SG
surface search radar set. Fire
Control: two MK 35
directors/surface GFCS/MK 3
radar. Sonar: one QC set.
Complement/Accommodations: 2
cabin, 13 wardroom, 14 CPO, and
211 enlisted.
Note: The MK 22
gun mount was a single purpose
mount with a maximum elevation
of 35 degrees.
USS Porter
(DD-356)
USS Selfridge (DD-357)
USS McDougal (DD-358)
USS Winslow (DD-359)
USS Phelps (DD-360)
USS Clark (DD-361)
USS Moffett (DD-362)
USS Balch
(DD-363)
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