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USS Sarsfield (DD/DDE-837) |
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Operational and Building Data Class: Gearing Laid down by: Bath Iron Works, Maine Laid Down: 15 January 1945 Launched: 27 May 1945 Commissioned: 31 July 1945 Fate: Sold to Taiwan on 1 October 1977 |
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Close-up of forward 5" twin gun
and the three Hedgehog projectors. The forward hedgehog is a Mark 15
trainable unit and is flanked on each side of the bridge house with two
Mark 11 fixed units. A full hedgehog launch produced a elliptical pattern
roughly 600 feet wide. National Archives #80G1176129 |
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Undated photo of the USS Sarsfield underway. It does
not appear to be armed with the three Hedgehog launchers described in the
photo above.
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Aerial view of the starboard side of the USS Sarsfield off the U.S.
Naval Station,
Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico on 12 July 1965. The original photo is missing
from the National Archives.
National Archives #80G1113328 |
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