Keywords: USS Carpenter (DDE-825) in 1953.jpg The U S Navy Gearing-class destroyer USS Carpenter DDE-825 in January 1953 Carpenter was commissioned in 1949 as a specialised ASW-destroyer armed with only 7 6 cm/L50 guns and RUR-4 Weapon Alpha anti-submarine rockets Also the bridge was built much higher compared to the standard Gearing-class design Official U S Navy photograph in Stefan Terzibaschitsch Das FRAM-Modernisierungsprogramm der U S Navy J F Lehman Munich Germany 1975 p 108 ISBN 3-469-00549-4 1953-01 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Carpenter DD-825 |