Destroyer Escort DE-214 USS Scott 3D model

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This model showcases remarkable attention to detail, boasting highly detailed features like guns, depth charges, racks, and mousetraps that set it apart from others. The flying bridge, for instance, includes an intricately designed steel tubing frame that can accommodate a canvas cover, speaking tube, and other essential components. This is not just any model - it's a high poly model packed with over several textures, bringing the subject to life. Furthermore, every element of the guns, propellers, rudders, davits, and even mousetraps are fully animatable, giving users complete control. To top it all off, the model includes all materials and textures exactly as seen in this image. What's more, it is available in a range of formats, making it accessible to various software applications. The Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts were a series of vessels built and launched between 1943 and 1944 with the express purpose of contributing to the war effort during World War II. Although they lacked the speed and range of their fleet destroyer counterparts, these ships had one major advantage: they were quicker to deploy, less expensive, more agile, and easier to crew. A total of over 150 of these vessels saw service in either the US Navy or the British Navy under the classification as Captain Class Frigates. Arming each of these ships were three 3-inch artillery pieces, a quad-mounted 40 mm anti-aircraft gun, three M14 torpedo tubes, and eight 20mm cannons - all carefully selected for their efficiency and potency on the battlefield. Additionally, they came equipped with M24 mousetrap launchers, roll-off racks for depth charges, and k-gun launchers capable of firing six to eight depth charges each. In a groundbreaking technological move, these ships were also equipped with the latest in sonar and underwater search equipment - tools designed specifically to enhance their anti-submarine warfare capabilities. This cutting-edge ship design was so influential that it found its way into the 1965 film "The Enemy Below," where it played a pivotal role as the primary setting for several key scenes, showcasing the harsh realities of war at sea.