AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS ALFRED A CHANDLER (DD-752). SHE IS SHOWN IN TYPICAL MID ...

AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS ALFRED A CHANDLER (DD-752). SHE IS SHOWN IN TYPICAL MID 1950'S CONFIGURATION FOR HER CLASS. ALL 40 MM AND 20 MM AA GUNS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY TWO TWIN 3 INCH/50 GUNS AA AFT, WITH A MARK 56 DIRECTOR BETWEEN THEM, AND TWO SINGLE 3 INCH/50'S ABAFT THE BRIDGE. THE AFTER BANK OF TORPEDO TUBES HAS BEEN LANDED. A SINGLE DEPTH CHARGE RAIL IS RETAINED AFT AS ARE THE THROWERS ABREAST THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTARS HAVE BEEN ADDED ABREAST THE BRIDGE. SHE RETAINS WARTIME SC-4 RADAR AT THE MASTHEAD WITH SU-2 RADAR JUST BELOW IT. MARK 25 FIRE CONTROL RADAR HAS REPLACED THE WARTIME SETS ON THE DIRECTOR. NOTE THE US FLAG PAINTED ON THE ROOF OF NO 1 GUNHOUSE AND THE SHIP'S NUMBER ON THE ROOF OF NO 2. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)