Description

This is a full hull model and is as the Moffett was in 1944. Some prior ship modeling experience is recommended. This will build into a very nice representation of a Porter class destroyer. Name: Moffett (DD-362) Namesake: William Moffett Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation 's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts Laid down: 2 January 1934 Launched: 11 December 1935 Commissioned: 28 August 1936 Decommissioned: 2 November 1945 Struck: 28 January 1947 Fate: sold for scrapping 16 May 1947 General characteristics Class and type: Porter -class destroyer Displacement: 1,850 tons Length: 381 ft 1 in (116.15 m) Beam: 36 ft 11 in (11.25 m) Draught: 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h) Complement: 194 officers and enlisted Armament: As built: 1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System, 8 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP (4x2) , 8 × 1.1" (28mm) AA (2x4), 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4), 2 × Depth Charge Stern Racks c1945: 1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System, 6 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP (3x2) , 4 × Mk51 Gun Directors, 12 × Bofors 40mm AA (2x4,2x2) , 6 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (6x1) , 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4), 2 × Depth Charge Stern Racks. Please note, all Iron Shipwrights products are made-to-order and may ship separately in a combined order.