US Post-WW2 Waterline Destroyers and Frigates

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Given the current popularity of Cold War-period naval wargames, I looked into printing some post-WW2 US destroyers (and frigates). These models are converted from my own virtual reality files; level of detail is fairly high, but they have been “bulked up” to print at 1:1200 or (reduced to 50%) at 1:2400. Some detail will be lost at smaller scales, and they should be hollowed at larger ratios (1:1000 to 1:700). USS Mitscher - Very large post-WW2 destroyer/leader/frigate with the most up-to-date equipment: automatic 5-inch and 3-inch guns, Weapon Alfa automated anti-submarine rocket launcher. USS Forrest Sherman - Large destroyer intended as “mobilization” pattern. Automatic 5-inch and radar-directed 3-inch guns, but anti-submarine armament limited to Hedgehog, depth charges, and light homing torpedoes. USS Cromwell - Relatively fast destroyer-escort (frigate) armed with 3-inch guns, Weapon Alfa, K-guns and depth charges. USS Bronstein - Larger destroyer-escort (frigate) with 3-inch guns, ASROC multiple anti-submarine launcher, and DASH drone helicopter. USS Bradley (Garcia class) - Frigate armed with ASROC and single WW2-era 5-inch guns plus DASH (later LAMPS manned multi-purpose helicopter). Later ships (Brooke class) replaced the aft 5-inch with a missile launcher.